arad
"arad" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“arad” is uncommon English (frequency #74,728 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,728
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A nomadic herder.
Corpus desk
Index EN-arad · arad · English
arad · rank #74,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,728
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH apportion
Nearest frequency peer: apportion (-2 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 “arad”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Anat
Anat
25,281 corpus weight
- antipodes
antipodes
25,277 corpus weight
- apatite
apatite
25,276 corpus weight
- apportion
apportion
25,275 corpus weight
- arad
arad
25,273 corpus weight
- Austerlitz
Austerlitz
25,268 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “arad” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arad |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “arad” in English
Rare enough to double-check
arad is uncommon English at frequency #74,728 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A nomadic herder.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arad, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Mongolian ард (ard, “people”)/ᠠᠷᠠᠳ (arad). The correct English form is arad, spelled A-R-A-D.
Definition
- 1A nomadic herder.
Etymology
Borrowed from Mongolian ард (ard, “people”)/ᠠᠷᠠᠳ (arad).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).