# Whitworth

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈwɪtwɜːrθ/ · frequency rank #44,574

## Definitions
1. A small town and civil parish with a town council in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8818).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English hwīt (“white”) + worð (“enclosure”).

## Easily confused with
- **Wentworth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wentworth-vs-whitworth)

## Common misspellings (15)
`hwitworth`, `whhitworth`, `whitowrth`, `whittworth`, `whitworht`, `whitworrth`, `whitworthh`, `whitwortth`, `whitwotrh`, `whitwroth`, `whitwworth`, `whiwtorth`, `whtiworth`, `wihtworth`, `wwhitworth`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/whitworth