Findley
"findley" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Findley” is uncommon English (frequency #65,889 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,889
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-findley · Findley · English
Findley · rank #65,889 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,889
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fid
Nearest frequency peer: fid (-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 “Findley”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ferric
ferric
34,115 corpus weight
- ferrite
ferrite
34,114 corpus weight
- fid
fid
34,113 corpus weight
- Findley
Findley
34,112 corpus weight
- fixate
fixate
34,111 corpus weight
- fkn
fkn
34,110 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Findley” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Findley |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,889 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Findley” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Findley is uncommon English at frequency #65,889 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Scottish Gaelic.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Findley in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Finlay. The correct English form is Findley, spelled F-I-N-D-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Etymology
Variant of Finlay.
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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