Akiva

name

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"akiva" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Akiva” is uncommon English (frequency #81,087 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,087
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Hebrew.

Corpus desk

Index EN-akiva · Akiva · English

Akiva · rank #81,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,087
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Airey

Nearest frequency peer: Airey (-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 “Akiva”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Akiva” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Akiva
PropertyValue
HeadwordAkiva
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#81,087
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Akiva” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Akivafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Airey” (#81,086), “aileron” (#81,085), “agriculturally” (#81,084). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Akiva” is #81,087. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Akiva is uncommon English at frequency #81,087 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Akiva doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew יַעֲקֹב. The correct English form is Akiva, spelled A-K-I-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. 2
    Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph (Rabbi Akiva), a major figure in Jewish history, a tanna of the late first century and early second century who contributed to the Mishnah and Midrash Halakha

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Akiva appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Akiva stood at the edge of a rooftop terrace in Riyadh, peering down at a doorway in the lane below.
  2. Yet one must be careful not to come to the conclusion that Akiva used only esoteric ways of interpreting the Torah.

Etymology

From Hebrew יַעֲקֹב.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Akiva"?
"Akiva" is spelled A-K-I-V-A.
What does "Akiva" mean?
As a proper noun, "Akiva" means: A male given name from Hebrew.
What is the origin of the word "Akiva"?
From Hebrew יַעֲקֹב. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Akiva", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Airey#81,086amala#81,100yello#81,050Woden#81,034

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list