Donoghue
"donoghue" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Donoghue” is uncommon English (frequency #69,798 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,798
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-donoghue · Donoghue · English
Donoghue · rank #69,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,798
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dnipro
Nearest frequency peer: Dnipro (-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 “Donoghue”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- diviner
diviner
30,206 corpus weight
- DJT
DJT
30,205 corpus weight
- Dnipro
Dnipro
30,204 corpus weight
- Donoghue
Donoghue
30,203 corpus weight
- doula
doula
30,201 corpus weight
- Duchene
Duchene
30,200 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Donoghue” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Donoghue |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Donoghue” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Donoghue is uncommon English at frequency #69,798 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Donoghue has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 Irish Ó Donnchadha (“descendant of Duncan”). The correct English form is Donoghue, spelled D-O-N-O-G-H-U-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
From Irish Ó Donnchadha (“descendant of Duncan”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).