Unsworth
"unsworth" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Unsworth” is uncommon English (frequency #76,434 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,434
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD814470).
Corpus desk
Index EN-unsworth · Unsworth · English
Unsworth · rank #76,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,434
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH univariate
Nearest frequency peer: univariate (-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 “Unsworth”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- undescribed
undescribed
23,573 corpus weight
- unfreeze
unfreeze
23,571 corpus weight
- unfriended
unfriended
23,570 corpus weight
- univariate
univariate
23,568 corpus weight
- Unsworth
Unsworth
23,567 corpus weight
- UVF
UVF
23,563 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Unsworth” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unsworth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Unsworth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Unsworth is uncommon English at frequency #76,434 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Unsworth, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Old English personal name *Hund, a byname from hund (“hound, dog”), + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). The loss of the initial "h" sound is a typical feature of Lancashire placenames. The correct English form is Unsworth, spelled U-N-S-W-O-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD814470).
- 2A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
From the Old English personal name *Hund, a byname from hund (“hound, dog”), + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). The loss of the initial "h" sound is a typical feature of Lancashire placenames.
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).