Willingham

name

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"willingham" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Willingham” is uncommon English (frequency #55,858 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,858
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A village and civil parish of South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL408707).

Corpus desk

Index EN-willingham · Willingham · English

Willingham · rank #55,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,858
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wiesbaden

Nearest frequency peer: Wiesbaden (-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 “Willingham”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Willingham” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Willingham
PropertyValue
HeadwordWillingham
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,858
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Willingham” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Willinghamfalls in this rarity band:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Wiesbaden” (#55,857), “windowless” (#55,859), “welter” (#55,856). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “Willingham” is #55,858. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Willingham is uncommon English at frequency #55,858 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Willingham, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the Old English personal name *Wifel + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”). The correct English form is Willingham, spelled W-I-L-L-I-N-G-H-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A village and civil parish of South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL408707).
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Old English.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Willingham appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed Emmy Award winner AJ Willingham will be the new voice of their morning newsletter, A.M. ATL.

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Wifel + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

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 "Willingham"?
"Willingham" is spelled W-I-L-L-I-N-G-H-A-M.
What does "Willingham" mean?
As a proper noun, "Willingham" means: A village and civil parish of South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL408707).
What is the origin of the word "Willingham"?
From the Old English personal name *Wifel + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Willingham", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

windowless#55,859Villanueva#55,843Valladolid#55,842absolutism#55,886

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list