Folger
/ˈfoʊld͡ʒər/
"folger" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Folger” is uncommon English (frequency #64,381 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,381
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-folger · Folger · English
Folger · rank #64,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,381
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH flys
Nearest frequency peer: flys (-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 “Folger”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fluorite
fluorite
35,622 corpus weight
- flys
flys
35,621 corpus weight
- Folger
Folger
35,620 corpus weight
- footstool
footstool
35,619 corpus weight
- Foran
Foran
35,618 corpus weight
- forgivable
forgivable
35,617 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Folger” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Folger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈfoʊld͡ʒər/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Folger” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Folger is uncommon English at frequency #64,381 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈfoʊld͡ʒər/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Folger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Folger, spelled F-O-L-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname.
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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