waggon
"waggon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“waggon” is uncommon English (frequency #85,926 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,926
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of wagon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-waggon · waggon · English
waggon · rank #85,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,926
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Waitangi
Nearest frequency peer: Waitangi (+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 “waggon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- voyaging
voyaging
14,079 corpus weight
- waggon
waggon
14,075 corpus weight
- Waitangi
Waitangi
14,074 corpus weight
- waked
waked
14,073 corpus weight
- Wallsend
Wallsend
14,071 corpus weight
- Wangaratta
Wangaratta
14,070 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “waggon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waggon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “waggon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
waggon is uncommon English at frequency #85,926 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of wagon.".
Zero misspellings are on record for waggon in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is waggon, spelled W-A-G-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of wagon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how waggon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We go on like one of those country waggons, creaking along in the old ruts […]
The first waggon was loaded, and moved a few yards along the quay, and the second took its place. There was an order and swiftness over the work that told of a careful preparation. The third waggon took the place of the second and the work of loading it went even faster. Then, at a shout from the Grocer, the loaders threw off their slings, took every man…
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).