O'Gara
"o-gara" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“O'Gara” is uncommon English (frequency #97,376 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,376
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-o-gara · O'Gara · English
O'Gara · rank #97,376 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,376
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH obligingly
Nearest frequency peer: obligingly (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “O'Gara”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- noradrenali…
noradrenaline
2,632 corpus weight
- nuru
nuru
2,628 corpus weight
- O'Gara
O'Gara
2,625 corpus weight
- obligingly
obligingly
2,623 corpus weight
- Offaly
Offaly
2,622 corpus weight
- oficina
oficina
2,621 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “O'Gara” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | O'Gara |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “O'Gara” in English
Rare enough to double-check
O'Gara is uncommon English at frequency #97,376 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
O'Gara has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gadhra (“descendant of Gadhra”), a personal name derived from gadhar (“hound, mastiff”). The correct English form is O'Gara, spelled O-'-G-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gadhra (“descendant of Gadhra”), a personal name derived from gadhar (“hound, mastiff”).
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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