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wallingford

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "wallingford", 11-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "wallingford" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "wallingford" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

Wallingford is aEnglishname. It means: A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6089).

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Key facts for Wallingford
PropertyValue
HeadwordWallingford
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechName
Letters11
Frequency rank#49,715
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Wallingford in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for Wallingford is 11 letters long, classified as aname. Corpus data places it at rank #49,715 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for Wallingford, with forms such as "awllingford", "walilngford", and "walingford". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Wallingford, spelled W-A-L-L-I-N-G-F-O-R-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: awllingford,walilngford,walingford,wallignford,wallinfgord,wallingfford,wallingfodr,wallingfordd,wallingforrd,wallingfrod,wallinggford,wallingofrd,wallinngford,wallnigford,wlalingford,wwallingford

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Wallingford

Misspelling Variants of "Wallingford"

awllingford11walilngford11walingford10wallignford11wallinfgord11wallingfford12wallingfodr11wallingfordd12
Misspelling Variants of "Wallingford"

Frequency rank: #49,715 in English

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 name, "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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.