Tillamook

noun

"tillamook" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Tillamook” is uncommon English (frequency #79,132 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,132
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a Native American tribe from Oregon.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tillamook · Tillamook · English

Tillamook · rank #79,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,132
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH Thurso

Nearest frequency peer: Thurso (-3 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “Tillamook”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Tillamook” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tillamook
PropertyValue
HeadwordTillamook
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,132
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Tillamook” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Tillamookfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Thurso” (#79,129), “thermocouple” (#79,128), “tola” (#79,136). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “Tillamook” is #79,132. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tillamook is uncommon English at frequency #79,132 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of a Native American tribe from Oregon.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Tillamook in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Chinook T-Elim-ook, meaning something like 'the many villages of Elim'. The correct English form is Tillamook, spelled T-I-L-L-A-M-O-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    A member of a Native American tribe from Oregon.

Etymology

From Chinook T-Elim-ook, meaning something like 'the many villages of Elim'.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tillamook"?
"Tillamook" is spelled T-I-L-L-A-M-O-O-K.
What does "Tillamook" mean?
As a noun, "Tillamook" means: A member of a Native American tribe from Oregon.
What is the origin of the word "Tillamook"?
From Chinook T-Elim-ook, meaning something like 'the many villages of Elim'. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tillamook", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list