ahimsa
/əˈhɪmsɑː/
"ahimsa" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ahimsa” is uncommon English (frequency #83,955 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,955
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ahimsa · ahimsa · English
ahimsa · rank #83,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,955
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Agrippina
Nearest frequency peer: Agrippina (-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 “ahimsa”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ADAS
ADAS
16,051 corpus weight
- Adie
Adie
16,050 corpus weight
- aerodynamic…
aerodynamically
16,049 corpus weight
- afforestati…
afforestation
16,048 corpus weight
- Agrippina
Agrippina
16,047 corpus weight
- ahimsa
ahimsa
16,046 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ahimsa” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ahimsa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈhɪmsɑː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ahimsa” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ahimsa is uncommon English at frequency #83,955 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈhɪmsɑː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ahimsa, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā). The correct English form is ahimsa, spelled A-H-I-M-S-A.
Definition
- 1A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ahimsa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Already, at this very early date, the ritualists were moving towards the ideal of ahimsa ("harmlessness") that would become the indispensable virtue of the Indian Axial Age.
This, in essence, is the Jain doctrine of ahimsa – a direct inversion of Vedic beliefs about the sustaining powers of animal sacrifice.
Etymology
From Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā).
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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