Wigner
"wigner" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Wigner” is uncommon English (frequency #81,980 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,980
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic
Corpus desk
Index EN-wigner · Wigner · English
Wigner · rank #81,980 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,980
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Willesden
Nearest frequency peer: Willesden (+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 “Wigner”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Whatley
Whatley
18,024 corpus weight
- Wigner
Wigner
18,021 corpus weight
- Willesden
Willesden
18,020 corpus weight
- winer
winer
18,019 corpus weight
- Winnetka
Winnetka
18,018 corpus weight
- WLW
WLW
18,016 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Wigner” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wigner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Wigner” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Wigner is uncommon English at frequency #81,980 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Wigner has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Attestation is claimed of the surname in 14th-century England (Yorkshire) (i.e., in the Middle English period); apparently from Anglo-Saxon (Old English). Compare Wagner, Wagoner. The correct English form is Wigner, spelled W-I-G-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic
- 2A surname from Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic
Etymology
Attestation is claimed of the surname in 14th-century England (Yorkshire) (i.e., in the Middle English period); apparently from Anglo-Saxon (Old English). Compare Wagner, Wagoner.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).