eurgh
"eurgh" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eurgh” is uncommon English (frequency #99,236 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,236
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An expression of disgust or distaste.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eurgh · eurgh · English
eurgh · rank #99,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,236
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH ethnomusicolo…
Nearest frequency peer: ethnomusicology (-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 “eurgh”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Erith
Erith
770 corpus weight
- Escudero
Escudero
768 corpus weight
- ethnomusico…
ethnomusicology
766 corpus weight
- eurgh
eurgh
765 corpus weight
- evangel
evangel
764 corpus weight
- Exley
Exley
759 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “eurgh” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eurgh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “eurgh” in English
Rare enough to double-check
eurgh is uncommon English at frequency #99,236 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An expression of disgust or distaste.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for eurgh, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Similar to the sound of someone vomiting. The correct English form is eurgh, spelled E-U-R-G-H.
Definition
- 1An expression of disgust or distaste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eurgh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Eurgh! Spiders ^([sic]) webs! That's even worse!" said Michael disgusted at the thought,
Breakfast in bath—yes or eurgh? [title]
Etymology
Similar to the sound of someone vomiting.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).