Worthington

Name: Worthington, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Worthington” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,728. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,728
frequency rank, English: 1,759
“W” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A place in England:

Corpus desk

Index EN-worthington · Worthington · English

Worthington · rank #23,728 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #23,728
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-MID 1,759
PHOTO-FINISH workflow

Nearest frequency peer: workflow (-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.

windmill

76,275
workflow

76,274
Worthington

76,273
wrapper

76,272
YMCA

76,271
yogi

76,270

What this shows “Worthington” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for Worthington
Property	Value
Headword	Worthington
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#23,728
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Worthington”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Worthingtonlands here:

#23,728

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

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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “workflow” (#23,727), “wrapper” (#23,729), “windmill” (#23,726). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “Worthington” is #23,728. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around Worthington, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,728 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 16 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Worthington, with forms such as "owrthington", "worhtington", and "worrthington". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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: From the Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The correct English form is Worthington, spelled W-O-R-T-H-I-N-G-T-O-N.

Definition

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A habitational surname from Old English.

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

owrthington
worhtington
worrthington
worthhington
worthignton
worthinggton
worthingotn
worthingtno
worthingtonn
worthingtton
worthinngton
worthintgon
worthnigton
wortihngton
wortthington
wotrhington
wrothington
wworthington

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Worthington - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Worthington"

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 "Worthington"?

"Worthington" is spelled W-O-R-T-H-I-N-G-T-O-N.

What does "Worthington" mean?

As a proper noun, "Worthington" means: A place in England:

What are common misspellings of "Worthington"?

Common misspellings include "owrthington", "worhtington", "worrthington", "worthhington", "worthignton". The correct spelling is "Worthington".

What is the origin of the word "Worthington"?

From the Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). 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 "Worthington", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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