Drogheda
/ˈdɹɒhɪdə/
"drogheda" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Drogheda” is uncommon English (frequency #65,851 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,851
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in County Louth, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 0875).
Corpus desk
Index EN-drogheda · Drogheda · English
Drogheda · rank #65,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,851
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH drizzling
Nearest frequency peer: drizzling (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Drogheda”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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34,157 corpus weight
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34,156 corpus weight
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doody
34,154 corpus weight
- drizzling
drizzling
34,151 corpus weight
- Drogheda
Drogheda
34,150 corpus weight
- electrodyna…
electrodynamics
34,143 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Drogheda” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drogheda |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɹɒhɪdə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Drogheda” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Drogheda is uncommon English at frequency #65,851 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈdɹɒhɪdə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town in County Louth, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 0875).".
Zero misspellings are on record for Drogheda in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Droichead Átha (literally “bridge of the ford”). The correct English form is Drogheda, spelled D-R-O-G-H-E-D-A.
Definition
- 1A town in County Louth, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 0875).
Etymology
From Irish Droichead Átha (literally “bridge of the ford”).
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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