Tilton
"tilton" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tilton” is uncommon English (frequency #56,489 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,489
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tilton · Tilton · English
Tilton · rank #56,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,489
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tithing
Nearest frequency peer: tithing (+1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Tilton”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- therefrom
therefrom
43,516 corpus weight
- Thracian
Thracian
43,515 corpus weight
- thumper
thumper
43,514 corpus weight
- Tilton
Tilton
43,512 corpus weight
- tithing
tithing
43,511 corpus weight
- TMO
TMO
43,509 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tilton” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tilton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tilton” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tilton is uncommon English at frequency #56,489 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Tilton, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Habitational surname from the village of Tilton on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Tila + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The correct English form is Tilton, spelled T-I-L-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old English.
- 2A placename:
- 3A placename:
- 4A placename:
- 5A placename:
Etymology
Habitational surname from the village of Tilton on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Tila + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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.
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