Cavanaugh
"cavanaugh" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cavanaugh” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,368
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cavanaugh · Cavanaugh · English
Cavanaugh · rank #46,368 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,368
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Catharine
Nearest frequency peer: Catharine (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Cavanaugh”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- castaway
castaway
53,635 corpus weight
- Catharine
Catharine
53,634 corpus weight
- Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
53,633 corpus weight
- cenotaph
cenotaph
53,631 corpus weight
- chafing
chafing
53,630 corpus weight
- chambered
chambered
53,628 corpus weight
What this shows “Cavanaugh” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cavanaugh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Cavanaugh”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Cavanaugh, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,368 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cavanaugh, with forms such as "acvanaugh", "caavnaugh", and "cavaanugh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Kavanagh. The correct English form is Cavanaugh, spelled C-A-V-A-N-A-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Variant of Kavanagh.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acvanaugh
- caavnaugh
- cavaanugh
- cavanaguh
- cavanauggh
- cavanaughh
- cavanauhg
- cavannaugh
- cavanuagh
- cavnaaugh
- cavvanaugh
- ccavanaugh
- cvaanaugh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cavanaugh - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).