Whittington
/ˈwɪtɪŋtən/
"whittington" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Whittington” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,015
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several places in England:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Whittington |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪtɪŋtən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #48,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Whittington” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Whittington (IPA /ˈwɪtɪŋtən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,015 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 Whittington, with forms such as "hwittington", "whhittington", and "whitington". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Whittington, spelled W-H-I-T-T-I-N-G-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Any of several places in England:
- 2Any of several places in England:
- 3Any of several places in England:
- 4Any of several places in England:
- 5Any of several places in England:
- 6A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- 7A surname.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hwittington,whhittington,whitington,whititngton,whittignton,whittinggton,whittingotn,whittingtno,whittingtonn,whittingtton,whittinngton,whittintgon,whittnigton,whtitington,wihttington,wwhittington
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Whittington - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Whittington”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-H-I-T-T-I-N-G-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɪtɪŋtən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.