O'Driscoll
"o-driscoll" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“O'Driscoll” is uncommon English (frequency #65,357 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,357
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-o-driscoll · O'Driscoll · English
O'Driscoll · rank #65,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,357
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Nyasaland
Nearest frequency peer: Nyasaland (-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'Driscoll”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Nozomi
Nozomi
34,648 corpus weight
- Nyasaland
Nyasaland
34,645 corpus weight
- O'Driscoll
O'Driscoll
34,644 corpus weight
- O'Gorman
O'Gorman
34,643 corpus weight
- Ober
Ober
34,642 corpus weight
- Oberoi
Oberoi
34,641 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “O'Driscoll” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | O'Driscoll |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “O'Driscoll” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
O'Driscoll is uncommon English at frequency #65,357 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
O'Driscoll doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is O'Driscoll, spelled O-'-D-R-I-S-C-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how O'Driscoll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] exultingly cried Lord Carhampton, stealing an underlook at Maurice O'Driscoll, whom ^([sic]) he knew was wont to boast of his Milesian lineage; […]
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 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.