Ikeda
"ikeda" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ikeda” is uncommon English (frequency #57,447 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,447
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ikeda · Ikeda · English
Ikeda · rank #57,447 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,447
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH icicle
Nearest frequency peer: icicle (-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 “Ikeda”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ibu
ibu
42,556 corpus weight
- icicle
icicle
42,555 corpus weight
- Ikeda
Ikeda
42,554 corpus weight
- imager
imager
42,553 corpus weight
- imbalanced
imbalanced
42,552 corpus weight
- impartially
impartially
42,551 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ikeda” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ikeda |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ikeda” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ikeda is uncommon English at frequency #57,447 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Japanese.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ikeda in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 池田 (Ikeda). The correct English form is Ikeda, spelled I-K-E-D-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 池田 (Ikeda).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).