Shaughnessy
"shaughnessy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Shaughnessy” is uncommon English (frequency #63,990 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,990
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shaughnessy · Shaughnessy · English
Shaughnessy · rank #63,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,990
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH SGD
Nearest frequency peer: SGD (-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 “Shaughnessy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- serendipito…
serendipitous
36,015 corpus weight
- serenely
serenely
36,014 corpus weight
- SGD
SGD
36,013 corpus weight
- Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy
36,011 corpus weight
- sheathing
sheathing
36,009 corpus weight
- shee
shee
36,008 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Shaughnessy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shaughnessy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Shaughnessy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Shaughnessy is uncommon English at frequency #63,990 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Shaughnessy in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Of Irish origin. The correct English form is Shaughnessy, spelled S-H-A-U-G-H-N-E-S-S-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
- 2A place in Canada:
- 3A place in Canada:
- 4Ellipsis of Shaughnessy Village.
Etymology
Of Irish origin.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).