Wallingford

name

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"wallingford" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Wallingford” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,715
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6089).

Corpus desk

Index EN-wallingford · Wallingford · English

Wallingford · rank #49,715 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,715
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH walleye

Nearest frequency peer: walleye (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Wallingford”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Wallingford” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wallingford
PropertyValue
HeadwordWallingford
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters11
Frequency rank#49,715
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Wallingford”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Wallingfordlands 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 “walleye” (#49,714), “Warnock” (#49,716), “wakeup” (#49,713). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “Wallingford” is #49,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Wallingford, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #49,715 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wallingford, with forms such as "awllingford", "walilngford", and "walingford". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Wallingford, spelled W-A-L-L-I-N-G-F-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6089).
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States.
  6. 6
    A number of places in the United States.
  7. 7
    An English habitational surname from the place name.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Wallingford appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Washington’s first outpost of the California-born burger joint opened Wednesday after long anticipation and a few fake-outs (like the prank sign someone posted in Wallingford in June). Problem is, it’s located in Ridgefield, a suburb of Vancouver, Washington. […] Ridgefield is the 424th location.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awllingford
  • walilngford
  • walingford
  • wallignford
  • wallinfgord
  • wallingfford
  • wallingfodr
  • wallingfordd
  • wallingforrd
  • wallingfrod
  • wallinggford
  • wallingofrd
  • wallinngford
  • wallnigford
  • wlalingford
  • wwallingford

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wallingford - 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.

awllingford2walilngford2walingford1wallignford2wallinfgord2wallingfford1wallingfodr2wallingfordd1
Edit distance from "Wallingford"

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 "Wallingford"?
"Wallingford" is spelled W-A-L-L-I-N-G-F-O-R-D.
What does "Wallingford" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wallingford" means: A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6089).
What are common misspellings of "Wallingford"?
Common misspellings include "awllingford", "walilngford", "walingford", "wallignford", "wallinfgord". The correct spelling is "Wallingford".
What language does "Wallingford" come from?
"Wallingford" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wallingford", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unwillingly#49,696unpalatable#49,695acrimonious#49,751cataloguing#49,816

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

whimpering16 variantsyesterdays16 variantsstealthily16 variantsconformist16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list