Kavanagh
"kavanagh" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kavanagh” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,763
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kavanagh · Kavanagh · English
Kavanagh · rank #40,763 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,763
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Jordy
Nearest frequency peer: Jordy (-2 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Kavanagh”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- joiner
joiner
59,242 corpus weight
- Jordy
Jordy
59,240 corpus weight
- Kavanagh
Kavanagh
59,238 corpus weight
- Kearns
Kearns
59,236 corpus weight
- Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro
59,233 corpus weight
- Kirchner
Kirchner
59,232 corpus weight
What this shows “Kavanagh” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kavanagh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Kavanagh”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Kavanagh, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,763 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kavanagh, with forms such as "akvanagh", "kaavnagh", and "kavaangh". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Kavanaugh", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Irish Caomhánach. The correct English form is Kavanagh, spelled K-A-V-A-N-A-G-H.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Caomhánach.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akvanagh
- kaavnagh
- kavaangh
- kavanaggh
- kavanaghh
- kavanahg
- kavangah
- kavannagh
- kavnaagh
- kavvanagh
- kkavanagh
- kvaanagh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kavanagh - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kavanagh", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).