Takagi
"takagi" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Takagi” is uncommon English (frequency #59,746 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,746
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-takagi · Takagi · English
Takagi · rank #59,746 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,746
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH taber
Nearest frequency peer: taber (-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 “Takagi”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- superheated
superheated
40,262 corpus weight
- supernovae
supernovae
40,261 corpus weight
- synchrony
synchrony
40,259 corpus weight
- taber
taber
40,256 corpus weight
- Takagi
Takagi
40,255 corpus weight
- taran
taran
40,251 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Takagi” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Takagi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Takagi” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Takagi is uncommon English at frequency #59,746 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Japanese.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Takagi in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 高木 (Takagi). The correct English form is Takagi, spelled T-A-K-A-G-I.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 高木 (Takagi).
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).