Ichabod
/ˈɪkəbɒd/
"ichabod" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ichabod” is uncommon English (frequency #61,549 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,549
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ichabod · Ichabod · English
Ichabod · rank #61,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,549
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH iambic
Nearest frequency peer: iambic (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ichabod”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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38,453 corpus weight
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38,452 corpus weight
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38,451 corpus weight
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38,450 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ichabod” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ichabod |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪkəbɒd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ichabod” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ichabod is uncommon English at frequency #61,549 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɪkəbɒd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name.".
Ichabod has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Biblical Hebrew אִיכָבוֹד (ʾīḵāḇōḏ, literally “no honor”), from אִי (ʾī, “not”) + כָּבוֹד (kāḇōḏ, “honor”); alluding to 1 Samuel 4:21, where Eli’s daughter-in-law names her child Ichabod, saying ‘The glory is departed from Israel.’ The correct English form is Ichabod, spelled I-C-H-A-B-O-D.
Definition
- 1A male given name.
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew אִיכָבוֹד (ʾīḵāḇōḏ, literally “no honor”), from אִי (ʾī, “not”) + כָּבוֹד (kāḇōḏ, “honor”); alluding to 1 Samuel 4:21, where Eli’s daughter-in-law names her child Ichabod, saying ‘The glory is departed from Israel.’
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.