Wicklow
/ˈwɪkləʊ/
"wicklow" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Wicklow” is uncommon English (frequency #50,320 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,320
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A county of Ireland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wicklow · Wicklow · English
Wicklow · rank #50,320 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,320
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH whitten
Nearest frequency peer: whitten (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Wicklow”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- wetsuit
wetsuit
49,684 corpus weight
- whitten
whitten
49,682 corpus weight
- Wicklow
Wicklow
49,681 corpus weight
- wilding
wilding
49,680 corpus weight
- Wolcott
Wolcott
49,678 corpus weight
- Wyn
Wyn
49,676 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Wicklow” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wicklow |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪkləʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Wicklow” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Wicklow is uncommon English at frequency #50,320 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈwɪkləʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wicklow, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Likely from Old Norse víkingr (“viking”), genitive indefinite plural vikinga + ló (“meadow, lea”), thus 'vikings' meadow'. Earlier spellings include Wykinglo in 1173, Wygingelow in 1185, Wykinglo in 1192, and Wykinglowe in 1355. The correct English form is Wicklow, spelled W-I-C-K-L-O-W.
Definition
- 1A county of Ireland.
- 2The county town of County Wicklow (Irish grid ref T 3194).
Etymology
Likely from Old Norse víkingr (“viking”), genitive indefinite plural vikinga + ló (“meadow, lea”), thus 'vikings' meadow'. Earlier spellings include Wykinglo in 1173, Wygingelow in 1185, Wykinglo in 1192, and Wykinglowe in 1355.
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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