Withington

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

The verdict

“Withington” is uncommon English (frequency #87,994 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,994
frequency rank, English
12,113
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0315).

Corpus desk

Index EN-withington · Withington · English

Withington · rank #87,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,994
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 12,113
  • PHOTO-FINISH wino

Nearest frequency peer: wino (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Withington”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Withington” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Withington
PropertyValue
HeadwordWithington
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,994
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Withington” 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). Withington lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Withington is uncommon English at frequency #87,994 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Withington in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Two main origins: * The village in Gloucestershire is from the Old English personal name Widia + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The suburb of Manchester is from Old English wīþing (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlemen… The correct English form is Withington, spelled W-I-T-H-I-N-G-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0315).
  2. 2
    A suburb in southern Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8492).
  3. 3
    A village and civil parish (served by Withington Group Parish Council) in Herefordshire, England, north-east of Hereford (OS grid ref SO5643).
  4. 4
    A habitational surname from Old English.

Etymology

Two main origins: * The village in Gloucestershire is from the Old English personal name Widia + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The suburb of Manchester is from Old English wīþing (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Withington"?
"Withington" is spelled W-I-T-H-I-N-G-T-O-N.
What does "Withington" mean?
As a proper noun, "Withington" means: A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0315).
What is the origin of the word "Withington"?
Two main origins: * The village in Gloucestershire is from the Old English personal name Widia + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The suburb of Manchester is from Old English wīþing (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure;... 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 "Withington", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list