Donohoe

name

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"donohoe" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Donohoe” is uncommon English (frequency #95,914 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,914
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-donohoe · Donohoe · English

Donohoe · rank #95,914 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,914
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH donnybrook

Nearest frequency peer: donnybrook (-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 “Donohoe”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Donohoe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Donohoe
PropertyValue
HeadwordDonohoe
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,914
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Donohoe” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Donohoefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “donnybrook” (#95,913), “dolo” (#95,910), “dozy” (#95,919). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “Donohoe” is #95,914. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Donohoe is uncommon English at frequency #95,914 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Donohoe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From O'Donohue. The correct English form is Donohoe, spelled D-O-N-O-H-O-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

From O'Donohue.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Donohoe"?
"Donohoe" is spelled D-O-N-O-H-O-E.
What does "Donohoe" mean?
As a proper noun, "Donohoe" means: A surname.
What is the origin of the word "Donohoe"?
From O'Donohue. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Donohoe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dillion#95,904DeLillo#95,893Danmark#95,878exciter#95,954

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list