Williamsport

Name: Williamsport, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Williamsport” is uncommon English (frequency #50,898 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,898
frequency rank, English: 12,113
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.

Key facts for Williamsport
Property	Value
Headword	Williamsport
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#50,898
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Williamsport” 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). Williamsport lands here:

#50,898

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Williamsport is uncommon English at frequency #50,898 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Williamsport in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From William + -s- + port or Williams + port. The correct English form is Williamsport, spelled W-I-L-L-I-A-M-S-P-O-R-T.

Definition

1
A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.
2
A town, the county seat of Warren County, Indiana, United States.
3
A town in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
4
A locality in Manistee County, Michigan, United States; marked on maps but may not exist.
5
A village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States.
6
A city, the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.
7
An unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee, United States.
8
An unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States.

Etymology

From William + -s- + port or Williams + port.

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 "Williamsport"?

"Williamsport" is spelled W-I-L-L-I-A-M-S-P-O-R-T.

What does "Williamsport" mean?

As a proper noun, "Williamsport" means: A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.

What is the origin of the word "Williamsport"?

From William + -s- + port or Williams + port. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Williamsport”

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

The one correct English spelling is W-I-L-L-I-A-M-S-P-O-R-T - 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.