O'Flaherty
/oʊˈflɑːərti/
"o-flaherty" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“O'Flaherty” is uncommon English (frequency #83,569 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,569
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Irish
Corpus desk
Index EN-o-flaherty · O'Flaherty · English
O'Flaherty · rank #83,569 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,569
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 15,494
- PHOTO-FINISH NYI
Nearest frequency peer: NYI (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “O'Flaherty”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nostalgical…
nostalgically
16,438 corpus weight
- novena
novena
16,437 corpus weight
- NYI
NYI
16,434 corpus weight
- O'Flaherty
O'Flaherty
16,432 corpus weight
- obviate
obviate
16,429 corpus weight
- opprobrium
opprobrium
16,425 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “O'Flaherty” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | O'Flaherty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /oʊˈflɑːərti/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “O'Flaherty” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
O'Flaherty is uncommon English at frequency #83,569 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /oʊˈflɑːərti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish".
O'Flaherty doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicization of Irish Ó Flaithbheartaigh. See also Flaherty. The correct English form is O'Flaherty, spelled O-'-F-L-A-H-E-R-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish
Etymology
Anglicization of Irish Ó Flaithbheartaigh. See also Flaherty.
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 May 6, 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 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.