Esmail
"esmail" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Esmail” is uncommon English (frequency #95,945 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,945
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Persian, Maguindanao and Arabic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Corpus desk
Index EN-esmail · Esmail · English
Esmail · rank #95,945 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,945
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Escobedo
Nearest frequency peer: Escobedo (-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 “Esmail”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- endotoxin
endotoxin
4,063 corpus weight
- Engstrom
Engstrom
4,062 corpus weight
- EOG
EOG
4,061 corpus weight
- Escobedo
Escobedo
4,057 corpus weight
- Esmail
Esmail
4,056 corpus weight
- Ethelbert
Ethelbert
4,054 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Esmail” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Esmail |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Esmail” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Esmail is uncommon English at frequency #95,945 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Persian, Maguindanao and Arabic [in turn originating as a patronymic].".
Esmail has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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: Variant of Ismail. This variant is mostly found in Iran, Levant and Egypt. The correct English form is Esmail, spelled E-S-M-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1A surname from Persian, Maguindanao and Arabic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Etymology
Variant of Ismail. This variant is mostly found in Iran, Levant and Egypt.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).