Carmody
/ˈkɑɹmədi/
"carmody" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Carmody” is uncommon English (frequency #52,838 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,838
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carmody · Carmody · English
Carmody · rank #52,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,838
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH capitulate
Nearest frequency peer: capitulate (-2 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Carmody”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- butyl
butyl
47,168 corpus weight
- canonization
canonization
47,166 corpus weight
- capitulate
capitulate
47,165 corpus weight
- Carmody
Carmody
47,163 corpus weight
- cashless
cashless
47,161 corpus weight
- Catskill
Catskill
47,159 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Carmody” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Carmody |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑɹmədi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Carmody” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Carmody is uncommon English at frequency #52,838 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkɑɹmədi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Carmody, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearmada (“descendant of Cearmaid”), a personal name of unknown origin. The correct English form is Carmody, spelled C-A-R-M-O-D-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
- 2An unincorporated community in Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearmada (“descendant of Cearmaid”), a personal name of unknown origin.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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