Paddington

name

The verdict

“Paddington” is uncommon French (frequency #60,255 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,255
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quartier de Londres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paddington · Paddington · French

Paddington · rank #60,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,255
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paierez

Nearest frequency peer: paierez (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Paddington »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Paddington » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Paddington
PropertyValue
HeadwordPaddington
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,255
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Paddington » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Paddingtontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « paierez » (#60,256), « ouvrais » (#60,253), « ouvrable » (#60,252). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Paddington » est au #60,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Paddington is uncommon French at frequency #60,255 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quartier de Londres.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Paddington, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Paddington, spelled P-A-D-D-I-N-G-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quartier de Londres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Paddington appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La gare de Paddington.

This word in other languages

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Paddington"?
"Paddington" is spelled P-A-D-D-I-N-G-T-O-N.
What does "Paddington" mean?
As a proper noun, "Paddington" means: Quartier de Londres.
What language does "Paddington" come from?
"Paddington" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Paddington", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list