Troughton
"troughton" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Troughton” is uncommon English (frequency #73,740 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,740
- 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-troughton · Troughton · English
Troughton · rank #73,740 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,740
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH triumphing
Nearest frequency peer: triumphing (-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 “Troughton”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tousled
tousled
26,270 corpus weight
- traduction
traduction
26,267 corpus weight
- triumphing
triumphing
26,262 corpus weight
- Troughton
Troughton
26,261 corpus weight
- trusteeship
trusteeship
26,260 corpus weight
- Tymoshenko
Tymoshenko
26,254 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Troughton” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Troughton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Troughton” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Troughton is uncommon English at frequency #73,740 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Old English.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Troughton, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English trog (“trough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The correct English form is Troughton, spelled T-R-O-U-G-H-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old English.
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English trog (“trough”) + 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).