Fermanagh
/fəɹˈmænə/
"fermanagh" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Fermanagh” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,235
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fermanagh · Fermanagh · English
Fermanagh · rank #48,235 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,235
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH feign
Nearest frequency peer: feign (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Fermanagh”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fader
fader
51,770 corpus weight
- Fallopian
Fallopian
51,769 corpus weight
- feign
feign
51,767 corpus weight
- Fermanagh
Fermanagh
51,766 corpus weight
- fistful
fistful
51,765 corpus weight
- flamed
flamed
51,763 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Fermanagh” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fermanagh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /fəɹˈmænə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fermanagh” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Fermanagh (IPA /fəɹˈmænə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,235 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fermanagh, with forms such as "efrmanagh", "femranagh", and "feramnagh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Fermanagh, spelled F-E-R-M-A-N-A-G-H.
Definition
- 1One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fermanagh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrmanagh
- femranagh
- feramnagh
- fermaangh
- fermanaggh
- fermanaghh
- fermanahg
- fermangah
- fermannagh
- fermmanagh
- fermnaagh
- ferrmanagh
- ffermanagh
- fremanagh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fermanagh - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fermanagh", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #48,235 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.