O'Conner
"o-conner" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“O'Conner” is uncommon English (frequency #70,963 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,963
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-o-conner · O'Conner · English
O'Conner · rank #70,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,963
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH nuzzle
Nearest frequency peer: nuzzle (-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 “O'Conner”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Norristown
Norristown
29,042 corpus weight
- Northants
Northants
29,041 corpus weight
- nuzzle
nuzzle
29,039 corpus weight
- O'Conner
O'Conner
29,038 corpus weight
- oaf
oaf
29,037 corpus weight
- Okazaki
Okazaki
29,034 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “O'Conner” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | O'Conner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “O'Conner” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
O'Conner is uncommon English at frequency #70,963 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
O'Conner 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of O'Connor. The correct English form is O'Conner, spelled O-'-C-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Variant of O'Connor.
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 September 2, 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 8 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.