Carrickfergus
/ˌkæɹɪkˈfɜː(ɹ)ɡəs/
"carrickfergus" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Carrickfergus” is uncommon English (frequency #86,113 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,113
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carrickfergus · Carrickfergus · English
Carrickfergus · rank #86,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,113
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH caput
Nearest frequency peer: caput (-4 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Carrickfergus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- callosum
callosum
13,897 corpus weight
- Camberley
Camberley
13,896 corpus weight
- camisole
camisole
13,895 corpus weight
- caput
caput
13,892 corpus weight
- Carrickferg…
Carrickfergus
13,888 corpus weight
- Castroneves
Castroneves
13,884 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Carrickfergus” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Carrickfergus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌkæɹɪkˈfɜː(ɹ)ɡəs/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #86,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Carrickfergus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Carrickfergus is uncommon English at frequency #86,113 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌkæɹɪkˈfɜː(ɹ)ɡəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Carrickfergus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Carraig Fhearghais (literally “Fergus’s stone”). The correct English form is Carrickfergus, spelled C-A-R-R-I-C-K-F-E-R-G-U-S.
Definition
- 1A town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Etymology
From Irish Carraig Fhearghais (literally “Fergus’s stone”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.