Breslin
"breslin" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Breslin” is uncommon English (frequency #52,824 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,824
- 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-breslin · Breslin · English
Breslin · rank #52,824 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,824
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Brazos
Nearest frequency peer: Brazos (-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 “Breslin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- botnet
botnet
47,183 corpus weight
- braiding
braiding
47,180 corpus weight
- Brazos
Brazos
47,178 corpus weight
- Breslin
Breslin
47,177 corpus weight
- Brno
Brno
47,174 corpus weight
- bucked
bucked
47,172 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Breslin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Breslin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Breslin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Breslin is uncommon English at frequency #52,824 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Breslin, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breisláin (“descendant of Breisleán”), a diminutive of the personal name Breasal. The correct English form is Breslin, spelled B-R-E-S-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breisláin (“descendant of Breisleán”), a diminutive of the personal name Breasal.
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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