Cadogan
/kəˈdʌɡən/
"cadogan" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cadogan” is uncommon English (frequency #62,743 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,743
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Welsh or A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cadogan · Cadogan · English
Cadogan · rank #62,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,743
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Campania
Nearest frequency peer: Campania (+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 “Cadogan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Brunton
Brunton
37,262 corpus weight
- burro
burro
37,260 corpus weight
- Cadogan
Cadogan
37,258 corpus weight
- Campania
Campania
37,257 corpus weight
- caning
caning
37,255 corpus weight
- Cannock
Cannock
37,254 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Cadogan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cadogan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kəˈdʌɡən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Cadogan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cadogan is uncommon English at frequency #62,743 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /kəˈdʌɡən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Cadogan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Welsh personal name Cadwgan, probably composed of the elements cad (“battle”) + gwgan (“scowler”), and also an anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Ceadagáin. The correct English form is Cadogan, spelled C-A-D-O-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Welsh or A surname from Irish.
- 2An English earldom.
Etymology
From the Welsh personal name Cadwgan, probably composed of the elements cad (“battle”) + gwgan (“scowler”), and also an anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Ceadagáin.
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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