Aoife
/ˈiː.fə/
"aoife" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aoife” is uncommon English (frequency #79,258 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,258
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aoife · Aoife · English
Aoife · rank #79,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,258
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aotearoa
Nearest frequency peer: Aotearoa (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Aoife”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- anan
anan
20,750 corpus weight
- Angier
Angier
20,748 corpus weight
- Anschluss
Anschluss
20,745 corpus weight
- Aoife
Aoife
20,743 corpus weight
- Aotearoa
Aotearoa
20,742 corpus weight
- archenemy
archenemy
20,738 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Aoife” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aoife |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈiː.fə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Aoife” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Aoife is uncommon English at frequency #79,258 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈiː.fə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Irish.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Aoife, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Irish Aoife. The name is unrelated to the Biblical name Eva, which was rendered as Éabha in Irish. However, due to the lack of a more precise alternative familiar to English speakers, Aoife has often been anglicised as Eva or Eve. The correct English form is Aoife, spelled A-O-I-F-E.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Irish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Aoife. The name is unrelated to the Biblical name Eva, which was rendered as Éabha in Irish. However, due to the lack of a more precise alternative familiar to English speakers, Aoife has often been anglicised as Eva or Eve.
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.
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