Durkin
"durkin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Durkin” is uncommon English (frequency #57,357 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,357
- 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-durkin · Durkin · English
Durkin · rank #57,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,357
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH eardrum
Nearest frequency peer: eardrum (+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 “Durkin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dumbing
dumbing
42,646 corpus weight
- Durkin
Durkin
42,644 corpus weight
- eardrum
eardrum
42,643 corpus weight
- Eastlake
Eastlake
42,642 corpus weight
- EBT
EBT
42,641 corpus weight
- ecotourism
ecotourism
42,640 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Durkin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Durkin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Durkin is uncommon English at frequency #57,357 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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