townsfolk
"townsfolk" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“townsfolk” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,674
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The people who live in a town, especially the lower and middle classes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-townsfolk · townsfolk · English
townsfolk · rank #49,674 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,674
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH timezone
Nearest frequency peer: timezone (-2 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 “townsfolk”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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teetering
50,331 corpus weight
- timezone
timezone
50,329 corpus weight
- townsfolk
townsfolk
50,327 corpus weight
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Trav
50,325 corpus weight
- tryst
tryst
50,321 corpus weight
- tubal
tubal
50,320 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “townsfolk” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | townsfolk |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “townsfolk” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around townsfolk, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,674 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The people who live in a town, especially the lower and middle classes.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for townsfolk, with forms such as "otwnsfolk", "tonwsfolk", and "townfsolk". 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 confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree English town English -s- English folk English townsfolk From town + -s- + folk. The correct English form is townsfolk, spelled T-O-W-N-S-F-O-L-K.
Definition
- 1The people who live in a town, especially the lower and middle classes.
Etymology
Etymology tree English town English -s- English folk English townsfolk From town + -s- + folk.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otwnsfolk
- tonwsfolk
- townfsolk
- townnsfolk
- townsffolk
- townsflok
- townsfokl
- townsfolkk
- townsfollk
- townsoflk
- townssfolk
- towsnfolk
- towwnsfolk
- ttownsfolk
- twonsfolk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of townsfolk - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "townsfolk", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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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.