Brigid
/ˈbɹɪ.d͡ʒɪd/
"brigid" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Brigid” is uncommon English (frequency #56,633 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,633
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brigid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɪ.d͡ʒɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Brigid” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Brigid is uncommon English at frequency #56,633 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbɹɪ.d͡ʒɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Brigid, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Brighid, from Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (“high, exalted”). The correct English form is Brigid, spelled B-R-I-G-I-D.
Definition
- 1The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
- 2Brigid of Kildare (c. 451–521), an Irish saint partly confused with the goddess.
- 3A female given name from Irish, equivalent to English Bridget, sometimes borrowed from Irish.
Etymology
From Irish Brighid, from Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (“high, exalted”).
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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Using “Brigid”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-R-I-G-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.