Durkin
"durkin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Durkin” is an uncommon English word, ranked #57,357 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #57,357
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Durkin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Durkin” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Durkin is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #57,357 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A surname from Irish.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Durkin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Duarcáin (“son of Duarcán”), a personal name from a diminutive of duairc (“surly, morose”). The correct English form is Durkin, spelled D-U-R-K-I-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Duarcáin (“son of Duarcán”), a personal name from a diminutive of duairc (“surly, morose”).
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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Using “Durkin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-U-R-K-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.