Ekman
/ˈɛkmən/
"ekman" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ekman” is uncommon English (frequency #69,814 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,814
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ekman · Ekman · English
Ekman · rank #69,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,814
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Egmont
Nearest frequency peer: Egmont (-2 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 “Ekman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- earldom
earldom
30,194 corpus weight
- earthwork
earthwork
30,192 corpus weight
- Egmont
Egmont
30,189 corpus weight
- Ekman
Ekman
30,187 corpus weight
- electrocute
electrocute
30,184 corpus weight
- elfin
elfin
30,183 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ekman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ekman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛkmən/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ekman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ekman is uncommon English at frequency #69,814 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɛkmən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ekman in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Ekman, spelled E-K-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A surname.
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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