O'Leary
/oʊ ˈle.ɹi/
"o-leary" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“O'Leary” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,528. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,528
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-o-leary · O'Leary · English
O'Leary · rank #26,528 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,528
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 15,494
- PHOTO-FINISH NRC
Nearest frequency peer: NRC (-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'Leary”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nomad
nomad
73,476 corpus weight
- nouveau
nouveau
73,475 corpus weight
- NRC
NRC
73,474 corpus weight
- O'Leary
O'Leary
73,473 corpus weight
- O'Neal
O'Neal
73,472 corpus weight
- O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan
73,471 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “O'Leary” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | O'Leary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /oʊ ˈle.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “O'Leary” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around O'Leary (IPA /oʊ ˈle.ɹi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,528 among 15,494 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for O'Leary, with forms such as "'oleary", "o'elary", and "o'laery". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Ó Laoghaire. The town in Prince Edward Island is named after early settler Michael O'Leary. The correct English form is O'Leary, spelled O-'-L-E-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
- 2A town in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Etymology
From Irish Ó Laoghaire. The town in Prince Edward Island is named after early settler Michael O'Leary.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- 'oleary
- o'elary
- o'laery
- o'learry
- o'learyy
- o'leayr
- o'leray
- o'lleary
- ol'eary
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of O'Leary - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "O'Leary", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.