Wellington

\wɛ.liŋ.tɔn\

/\wɛ.liŋ.tɔn\/ name

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The verdict

“Wellington” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,022
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille anglais, connu pour Arthur Wellesley, duc de Wellington.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wellington · Wellington · French

Wellington · rank #20,022 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,022
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH vomissements

Nearest frequency peer: vomissements (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Wellington »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Wellington » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wellington
PropertyValue
HeadwordWellington
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\wɛ.liŋ.tɔn\
Letters10
Frequency rank#20,022
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Wellington »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Wellingtonse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vomissements » (#20,021), « volailles » (#20,020), « édification » (#20,024). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Wellington » est au #20,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Wellington (IPA \wɛ.liŋ.tɔn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,022 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille anglais, connu pour Arthur Wellesley, duc de Wellington.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wellington, with forms such as "ewllington", "welilngton", and "welington". 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Wellington, spelled W-E-L-L-I-N-G-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille anglais, connu pour Arthur Wellesley, duc de Wellington.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ewllington
  • welilngton
  • welington
  • wellignton
  • wellinggton
  • wellingotn
  • wellingtno
  • wellingtonn
  • wellingtton
  • wellinngton
  • wellintgon
  • wellnigton
  • wlelington
  • wwellington

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wellington - 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.

ewllington2welilngton2welington1wellignton2wellinggton1wellingotn2wellingtno2wellingtonn1
Edit distance from "Wellington"

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 "Wellington"?
"Wellington" is spelled W-E-L-L-I-N-G-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \wɛ.liŋ.tɔn\.
What does "Wellington" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wellington" means: Nom de famille anglais, connu pour Arthur Wellesley, duc de Wellington.
What are common misspellings of "Wellington"?
Common misspellings include "ewllington", "welilngton", "welington", "wellignton", "wellinggton". The correct spelling is "Wellington".
How do you pronounce "Wellington"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wellington" is \wɛ.liŋ.tɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wellington" come from?
"Wellington" 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 "Wellington", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list