Sigrid
/ˈsiɡɹɪd/
"sigrid" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sigrid” is uncommon English (frequency #57,711 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,711
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from the Scandinavian languages, of fairly rare usage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sigrid · Sigrid · English
Sigrid · rank #57,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,711
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sigourney
Nearest frequency peer: Sigourney (-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 “Sigrid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- shakeup
shakeup
42,294 corpus weight
- Sigourney
Sigourney
42,291 corpus weight
- Sigrid
Sigrid
42,290 corpus weight
- singe
singe
42,288 corpus weight
- skateboarder
skateboarder
42,287 corpus weight
- slurring
slurring
42,284 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Sigrid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sigrid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsiɡɹɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Sigrid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Sigrid is uncommon English at frequency #57,711 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈsiɡɹɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from the Scandinavian languages, of fairly rare usage.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sigrid, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From modern Scandinavian (Norwegian, Danish and Swedish Sigrid), a name known in Norse saga, and used by Swedish royalty; Old Norse Sigríðr. The correct English form is Sigrid, spelled S-I-G-R-I-D.
Definition
- 1A female given name from the Scandinavian languages, of fairly rare usage.
Etymology
From modern Scandinavian (Norwegian, Danish and Swedish Sigrid), a name known in Norse saga, and used by Swedish royalty; Old Norse Sigríðr.
This word in other languages
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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