# Wrexham

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɹɛksəm/ · frequency rank #29,527

## Definitions
1. A town in Wrexham borough county borough, in northeastern Wales, United Kingdom.
2. A county borough in northeastern Wales, United Kingdom, named after the town, formerly belonging to Denbighshire and Clwyd.

## Etymology
From Old English personal name Wryhtel + -es + Old English hamm (“water meadow”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`rwexham`, `werxham`, `wrehxam`, `wrexahm`, `wrexhamm`, `wrexhham`, `wrexhma`, `wrexxham`, `wrrexham`, `wrxeham`, `wwrexham`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wrexham