Targ
"targ" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Targ” is uncommon English (frequency #68,686 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,686
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any member of House Targaryen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-targ · Targ · English
Targ · rank #68,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,686
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tanis
Nearest frequency peer: Tanis (-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 “Targ”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Takeo
Takeo
31,319 corpus weight
- Tanis
Tanis
31,316 corpus weight
- Targ
Targ
31,315 corpus weight
- Tarleton
Tarleton
31,314 corpus weight
- tase
tase
31,313 corpus weight
- terrapin
terrapin
31,311 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Targ” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Targ |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Targ” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Targ is uncommon English at frequency #68,686 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any member of House Targaryen.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Targ in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of Targaryen. The correct English form is Targ, spelled T-A-R-G.
Definition
- 1Any member of House Targaryen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Targ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If the Targ looks were carried by dominant genes, they wouldn't be so rare.
Targs do like to marry other Targs.
Etymology
Clipping of Targaryen.
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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).