Geoghegan
/ˈɡeɪ(ə)ɡən/
"geoghegan" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Geoghegan” is uncommon English (frequency #74,988 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,988
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geoghegan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡeɪ(ə)ɡən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geoghegan” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Geoghegan is uncommon English at frequency #74,988 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɡeɪ(ə)ɡən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Geoghegan in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mag Eochagáin (“son of Eochagán”), a diminutive of Eochaidh. Compare Caughey. The correct English form is Geoghegan, spelled G-E-O-G-H-E-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mag Eochagáin (“son of Eochagán”), a diminutive of Eochaidh. Compare Caughey.
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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Using “Geoghegan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-E-O-G-H-E-G-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.