O'Shea
/oʊˈʃeɪ/
"o-shea" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“O'Shea” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,103
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-o-shea · O'Shea · English
O'Shea · rank #32,103 · 7 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,103
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH nth
Nearest frequency peer: nth (-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'Shea”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Niro
Niro
67,902 corpus weight
- nth
nth
67,899 corpus weight
- O'Shea
O'Shea
67,898 corpus weight
- onerous
onerous
67,897 corpus weight
- onsite
onsite
67,896 corpus weight
- outsource
outsource
67,894 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “O'Shea” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | O'Shea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /oʊˈʃeɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “O'Shea” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around O'Shea (IPA /oʊˈʃeɪ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,103 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for O'Shea, with forms such as "'oshea", "o'hsea", and "o'seha". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "OSHA", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha. The correct English form is O'Shea, spelled O-'-S-H-E-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- 'oshea
- o'hsea
- o'seha
- o'shae
- o'shhea
- o'sshea
- os'hea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of O'Shea - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "O'Shea", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 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.