Geoghegan
/ˈɡeɪ(ə)ɡən/
"geoghegan" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Geoghegan” is uncommon English (frequency #74,988 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,988
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-geoghegan · Geoghegan · English
Geoghegan · rank #74,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,988
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gelder
Nearest frequency peer: gelder (-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 “Geoghegan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- GDF
GDF
25,015 corpus weight
- gelder
gelder
25,014 corpus weight
- Geoghegan
Geoghegan
25,013 corpus weight
- gestural
gestural
25,012 corpus weight
- gimlet
gimlet
25,011 corpus weight
- gladden
gladden
25,010 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Geoghegan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Geoghegan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Geoghegan is uncommon English at frequency #74,988 among 2,313 “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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