Sigurd
"sigurd" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sigurd” is uncommon English (frequency #51,392 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,392
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The principal hero of the Volsungasaga and of the Elder Edda's Niflung cycle, who slew a dragon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sigurd · Sigurd · English
Sigurd · rank #51,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,392
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sideburns
Nearest frequency peer: sideburns (-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 “Sigurd”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sherif
Sherif
48,613 corpus weight
- shorn
shorn
48,612 corpus weight
- sideburns
sideburns
48,610 corpus weight
- Sigurd
Sigurd
48,609 corpus weight
- simian
simian
48,608 corpus weight
- Simran
Simran
48,607 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Sigurd” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sigurd |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Sigurd” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Sigurd is uncommon English at frequency #51,392 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The principal hero of the Volsungasaga and of the Elder Edda's Niflung cycle, who slew a dragon.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sigurd, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old Norse Sigurðr, from sigr (“victory”) + varðr, vǫrðr (“guard”). This is the name of the legendary Eddaic character corresponding to Siegfried, the hero of the Nibelungenlied, but the names are not exact cognates. Sigfrid is a saint's name in Scandin… The correct English form is Sigurd, spelled S-I-G-U-R-D.
Definition
- 1The principal hero of the Volsungasaga and of the Elder Edda's Niflung cycle, who slew a dragon.
Etymology
From Old Norse Sigurðr, from sigr (“victory”) + varðr, vǫrðr (“guard”). This is the name of the legendary Eddaic character corresponding to Siegfried, the hero of the Nibelungenlied, but the names are not exact cognates. Sigfrid is a saint's name in Scandinavia.
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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