Raftery
"raftery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Raftery” is uncommon English (frequency #98,622 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,622
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-raftery · Raftery · English
Raftery · rank #98,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,622
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 21,470
- PHOTO-FINISH quist
Nearest frequency peer: quist (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Raftery”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- quahog
quahog
1,384 corpus weight
- Queensbury
Queensbury
1,383 corpus weight
- quist
quist
1,381 corpus weight
- Raftery
Raftery
1,379 corpus weight
- rame
rame
1,377 corpus weight
- ranker
ranker
1,375 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Raftery” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Raftery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Raftery” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Raftery is uncommon English at frequency #98,622 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Raftery, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Reachtabhra (“son of Reachtabhra”), a personal name which derives from reacht (“decree”). The correct English form is Raftery, spelled R-A-F-T-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Reachtabhra (“son of Reachtabhra”), a personal name which derives from reacht (“decree”).
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 "Raftery", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.