Bergin
"bergin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bergin” is uncommon English (frequency #61,307 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,307
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bergin · Bergin · English
Bergin · rank #61,307 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,307
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bentonville
Nearest frequency peer: Bentonville (-3 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 “Bergin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- benching
benching
38,699 corpus weight
- Bentonville
Bentonville
38,697 corpus weight
- Bergin
Bergin
38,694 corpus weight
- bigly
bigly
38,691 corpus weight
- Billington
Billington
38,689 corpus weight
- binaural
binaural
38,688 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bergin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bergin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bergin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bergin is uncommon English at frequency #61,307 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Bergin has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beirgin, an altered form of Ó hAimheirgin, a personal name probably composed of the elements amhra (“wonderful”) and gin (“birth”). The correct English form is Bergin, spelled B-E-R-G-I-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beirgin, an altered form of Ó hAimheirgin, a personal name probably composed of the elements amhra (“wonderful”) and gin (“birth”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).