Farquhar
/ˈfɑɹxəɹ/
"farquhar" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Farquhar” is uncommon English (frequency #51,104 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,104
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-farquhar · Farquhar · English
Farquhar · rank #51,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,104
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fatigues
Nearest frequency peer: fatigues (+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 “Farquhar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Everly
Everly
48,903 corpus weight
- explainer
explainer
48,902 corpus weight
- expressioni…
expressionist
48,901 corpus weight
- Farquhar
Farquhar
48,897 corpus weight
- fatigues
fatigues
48,895 corpus weight
- feverishly
feverishly
48,891 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Farquhar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Farquhar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɑɹxəɹ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Farquhar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Farquhar is uncommon English at frequency #51,104 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈfɑɹxəɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Farquhar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 Scottish Gaelic Fearchar. Related to fear (“man”), combined with còir (“just, honest, good”), car (“friendly”)), or ciar (“dark grey”). The correct English form is Farquhar, spelled F-A-R-Q-U-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Fearchar. Related to fear (“man”), combined with còir (“just, honest, good”), car (“friendly”)), or ciar (“dark grey”).
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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