Tottenham

/tɒtənəm/

//tɒtənəm// name

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

The verdict

“Tottenham” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,876
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A suburban area in northern London.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tottenham · Tottenham · English

Tottenham · rank #12,876 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,876
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH thrilling

Nearest frequency peer: thrilling (-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 “Tottenham”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Tottenham” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tottenham
PropertyValue
HeadwordTottenham
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/tɒtənəm/
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,876
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Tottenham” sits in English frequency

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).Tottenhamlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “thrilling” (#12,875), “trajectory” (#12,878), “tailor” (#12,873). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Tottenham (IPA /tɒtənəm/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,876 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tottenham, with forms such as "otttenham", "totenham", and "totetnham". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English personal name Totta, in the genitive case Tottan + hām (“homestead”). The correct English form is Tottenham, spelled T-O-T-T-E-N-H-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A suburban area in northern London.
  2. 2
    Tottenham Hotspur F.C., a football club in north London.
  3. 3
    A locality in the Lachlan council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
  4. 4
    A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

From Old English personal name Totta, in the genitive case Tottan + hām (“homestead”).

Synonyms

Spurs

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otttenham
  • totenham
  • totetnham
  • tottehnam
  • tottenahm
  • tottenhamm
  • tottenhham
  • tottenhma
  • tottennham
  • tottneham
  • ttotenham
  • ttottenham

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tottenham - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

otttenham2totenham1totetnham2tottehnam2tottenahm2tottenhamm1tottenhham1tottenhma2
Edit distance from "Tottenham"

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 "Tottenham"?
"Tottenham" is spelled T-O-T-T-E-N-H-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is /tɒtənəm/.
What does "Tottenham" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tottenham" means: A suburban area in northern London.
What are common misspellings of "Tottenham"?
Common misspellings include "otttenham", "totenham", "totetnham", "tottehnam", "tottenahm". The correct spelling is "Tottenham".
How do you pronounce "Tottenham"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tottenham" is /tɒtənəm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Tottenham"?
From Old English personal name Totta, in the genitive case Tottan + hām (“homestead”). 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 "Tottenham", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

thrilling#12,875symposium#12,871spectacle#12,866Wimbledon#12,891

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list