ObGyn
"obgyn" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ObGyn” is uncommon English (frequency #82,608 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,608
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of OB-GYN.
Corpus desk
Index EN-obgyn · ObGyn · English
ObGyn · rank #82,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,608
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ocha
Nearest frequency peer: ocha (+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 “ObGyn”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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nonplussed
17,403 corpus weight
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Nootka
17,402 corpus weight
- nucleon
nucleon
17,400 corpus weight
- numismatics
numismatics
17,399 corpus weight
- ObGyn
ObGyn
17,393 corpus weight
- ocha
ocha
17,391 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ObGyn” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ObGyn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ObGyn” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ObGyn is uncommon English at frequency #82,608 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of OB-GYN.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ObGyn, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is ObGyn, spelled O-B-G-Y-N.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of OB-GYN.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ObGyn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Until that moment, it had not really occurred to me — or my mothers, even though one is an ObGyn — that I might have half siblings out there.
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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