Omagh
/ˈoʊmə/
"omagh" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Omagh” is uncommon English (frequency #59,588 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,588
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town in and the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H 4572).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Omagh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈoʊmə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Omagh” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Omagh is uncommon English at frequency #59,588 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈoʊmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town in and the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H 4572).".
Zero misspellings are on record for Omagh in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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: From Irish An Ómaigh (“The Sacred (or Virgin) Plain”). The correct English form is Omagh, spelled O-M-A-G-H.
Definition
- 1A town in and the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H 4572).
Etymology
From Irish An Ómaigh (“The Sacred (or Virgin) Plain”).
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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Using “Omagh”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-M-A-G-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.