Saoirse
/ˈsɪə(ɹ).ʃə/
"saoirse" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Saoirse” is uncommon English (frequency #80,846 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,846
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-saoirse · Saoirse · English
Saoirse · rank #80,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,846
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sarum
Nearest frequency peer: Sarum (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Saoirse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sangamon
Sangamon
19,158 corpus weight
- Sansom
Sansom
19,157 corpus weight
- Saoirse
Saoirse
19,155 corpus weight
- Sarum
Sarum
19,154 corpus weight
- satisfyingly
satisfyingly
19,153 corpus weight
- sawgrass
sawgrass
19,152 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Saoirse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Saoirse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪə(ɹ).ʃə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Saoirse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Saoirse is uncommon English at frequency #80,846 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈsɪə(ɹ).ʃə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Irish.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Saoirse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Irish Saoirse, from saoirse (“freedom”). The correct English form is Saoirse, spelled S-A-O-I-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Irish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Saoirse, from saoirse (“freedom”).
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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