Wicklow
/ˈwɪkləʊ/
"wicklow" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Wicklow” is uncommon English (frequency #50,320 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,320
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A county of Ireland.
| 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) |
Where “Wicklow” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wicklow is uncommon English at frequency #50,320 among 12,113 “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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- The one correct English spelling is W-I-C-K-L-O-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.