Wallingford

Name: Wallingford, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

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: 12,113
“W” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6089).

Key facts for Wallingford
Property	Value
Headword	Wallingford
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#49,715
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Wallingford” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Wallingford lands here:

#49,715

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). 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 12,113 “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
A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6089).
2
A number of places in the United States.
3
A number of places in the United States.
4
A number of places in the United States.
5
A number of places in the United States.
6
A number of places in the United States.
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

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.

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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Using “Wallingford”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is W-A-L-L-I-N-G-F-O-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.