Trollope
"trollope" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Trollope” is uncommon English (frequency #55,827 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,827
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trollope · Trollope · English
Trollope · rank #55,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,827
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trumpeting
Nearest frequency peer: trumpeting (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Trollope”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- travelogue
travelogue
44,178 corpus weight
- triathlete
triathlete
44,177 corpus weight
- trine
trine
44,176 corpus weight
- Trollope
Trollope
44,174 corpus weight
- trumpeting
trumpeting
44,173 corpus weight
- Turan
Turan
44,170 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Trollope” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Trollope |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Trollope” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Trollope is uncommon English at frequency #55,827 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Trollope doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from Old Norse trǫll (“supernatural being, imp”) + Old English hop (“small, enclosed valley”). The correct English form is Trollope, spelled T-R-O-L-L-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A surname.
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from Old Norse trǫll (“supernatural being, imp”) + Old English hop (“small, enclosed valley”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).