cag
"cag" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cag” is uncommon English (frequency #52,204 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,204
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A keg.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cag · cag · English
cag · rank #52,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,204
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cammy
Nearest frequency peer: Cammy (+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 “cag”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Bukowski
Bukowski
47,802 corpus weight
- cag
cag
47,797 corpus weight
- Cammy
Cammy
47,796 corpus weight
- campy
campy
47,795 corpus weight
- cap'n
cap'n
47,794 corpus weight
- caressed
caressed
47,793 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cag” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cag |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cag” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cag is uncommon English at frequency #52,204 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A keg.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cag in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge. The correct English form is cag, spelled C-A-G.
Definition
- 1A keg.
Etymology
From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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