Margaery
"margaery" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Margaery” is uncommon English (frequency #58,832 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,832
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-margaery · Margaery · English
Margaery · rank #58,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,832
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Maren
Nearest frequency peer: Maren (-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 “Margaery”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mangalore
Mangalore
41,172 corpus weight
- Maren
Maren
41,170 corpus weight
- Margaery
Margaery
41,169 corpus weight
- marsupial
marsupial
41,168 corpus weight
- Masahiro
Masahiro
41,167 corpus weight
- McClaren
McClaren
41,166 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Margaery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Margaery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Margaery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Margaery is uncommon English at frequency #58,832 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name.".
Margaery has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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: Attested since at least the 1770s as a variant of Margery, from Margaret. Popularized in the modern era by the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin. The correct English form is Margaery, spelled M-A-R-G-A-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A female given name.
Etymology
Attested since at least the 1770s as a variant of Margery, from Margaret. Popularized in the modern era by the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).