O'Flynn
"o-flynn" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“O'Flynn” is uncommon English (frequency #86,581 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,581
- 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-flynn · O'Flynn · English
O'Flynn · rank #86,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,581
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 15,494
- PHOTO-FINISH obviousness
Nearest frequency peer: obviousness (+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'Flynn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nonpareil
nonpareil
13,427 corpus weight
- norther
norther
13,426 corpus weight
- O'Flynn
O'Flynn
13,420 corpus weight
- obviousness
obviousness
13,418 corpus weight
- ODP
ODP
13,415 corpus weight
- officious
officious
13,412 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “O'Flynn” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | O'Flynn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “O'Flynn” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
O'Flynn is uncommon English at frequency #86,581 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for O'Flynn in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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: Borrowed from Irish Ó Floinn. The correct English form is O'Flynn, spelled O-'-F-L-Y-N-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Ó Floinn.
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 7 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.