Enniskillen
/ˌɛnɪsˈkɪlən/
"enniskillen" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Enniskillen” is uncommon English (frequency #63,597 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,597
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H 2444).
Corpus desk
Index EN-enniskillen · Enniskillen · English
Enniskillen · rank #63,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,597
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH endorser
Nearest frequency peer: endorser (-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 “Enniskillen”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Emiliano
Emiliano
36,408 corpus weight
- empt
empt
36,407 corpus weight
- endorser
endorser
36,405 corpus weight
- Enniskillen
Enniskillen
36,404 corpus weight
- entendre
entendre
36,403 corpus weight
- enteric
enteric
36,402 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Enniskillen” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Enniskillen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌɛnɪsˈkɪlən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Enniskillen” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Enniskillen is uncommon English at frequency #63,597 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌɛnɪsˈkɪlən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H 2444).".
Enniskillen has no tracked misspelling variants, 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: From Irish Inis Ceithleann. The correct English form is Enniskillen, spelled E-N-N-I-S-K-I-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1A town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H 2444).
Etymology
From Irish Inis Ceithleann.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).