Hartigan
"hartigan" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hartigan” is uncommon English (frequency #61,520 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,520
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hartigan · Hartigan · English
Hartigan · rank #61,520 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,520
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Haring
Nearest frequency peer: Haring (-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 “Hartigan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hallucinato…
hallucinatory
38,487 corpus weight
- hanky
hanky
38,485 corpus weight
- hardtop
hardtop
38,483 corpus weight
- Haring
Haring
38,482 corpus weight
- Hartigan
Hartigan
38,481 corpus weight
- hauntingly
hauntingly
38,478 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hartigan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hartigan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hartigan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hartigan is uncommon English at frequency #61,520 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hartigan, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hArtagáin (“descendant of Artagán”), from a double diminutive of art (“bear”). The correct English form is Hartigan, spelled H-A-R-T-I-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hArtagáin (“descendant of Artagán”), from a double diminutive of art (“bear”).
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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