Spillane
"spillane" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Spillane” is uncommon English (frequency #93,176 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,176
- 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-spillane · Spillane · English
Spillane · rank #93,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,176
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH speaketh
Nearest frequency peer: speaketh (-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 “Spillane”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sonography
sonography
6,831 corpus weight
- sophist
sophist
6,830 corpus weight
- southbridge
southbridge
6,828 corpus weight
- speakership
speakership
6,827 corpus weight
- speaketh
speaketh
6,826 corpus weight
- Spillane
Spillane
6,825 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Spillane” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spillane |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Spillane” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Spillane is uncommon English at frequency #93,176 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Spillane, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Spealáin (“descendant of Spealán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of speal (“scythe”). The correct English form is Spillane, spelled S-P-I-L-L-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Spealáin (“descendant of Spealán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of speal (“scythe”).
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).