Worthington

name

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"worthington" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

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
12,113
“W” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A place in England:

Key facts for Worthington
PropertyValue
HeadwordWorthington
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters11
Frequency rank#23,728
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Worthington” 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). Worthington lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). 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 12,113 “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 place in England:
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    A ghost town in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
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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.

owrthington2worhtington2worrthington1worthhington1worthignton2worthinggton1worthingotn2worthingtno2
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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Using “Worthington”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is W-O-R-T-H-I-N-G-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list