Wrightsville
"wrightsville" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Wrightsville” is uncommon English (frequency #94,451 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,451
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A number of places in the United States:
Corpus desk
Index EN-wrightsville · Wrightsville · English
Wrightsville · rank #94,451 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,451
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 12,113
- PHOTO-FINISH wyre
Nearest frequency peer: wyre (+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 “Wrightsville”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- windlass
windlass
5,560 corpus weight
- wingnut
wingnut
5,559 corpus weight
- Wrightsville
Wrightsville
5,550 corpus weight
- wyre
wyre
5,549 corpus weight
- yager
yager
5,543 corpus weight
- yayo
yayo
5,542 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wrightsville” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wrightsville |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #94,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wrightsville” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wrightsville is uncommon English at frequency #94,451 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wrightsville, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Wright + -s- + -ville. The correct English form is Wrightsville, spelled W-R-I-G-H-T-S-V-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1A number of places in the United States:
- 2A number of places in the United States:
- 3A number of places in the United States:
- 4A number of places in the United States:
- 5A number of places in the United States:
- 6A number of places in the United States:
- 7A number of places in the United States:
- 8A number of places in the United States:
Etymology
From Wright + -s- + -ville.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.