asana
/ˈɑːsənə/
"asana" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“asana” is uncommon English (frequency #72,094 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,094
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
Corpus desk
Index EN-asana · asana · English
asana · rank #72,094 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,094
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aseptic
Nearest frequency peer: aseptic (+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 “asana”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- anyhoo
anyhoo
27,911 corpus weight
- appraising
appraising
27,909 corpus weight
- asana
asana
27,907 corpus weight
- aseptic
aseptic
27,906 corpus weight
- astrodome
astrodome
27,905 corpus weight
- atman
atman
27,903 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “asana” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asana |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑːsənə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “asana” in English
Rare enough to double-check
asana is uncommon English at frequency #72,094 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɑːsənə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
asana doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”). The correct English form is asana, spelled A-S-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
- 2A moth of species Melese asana, of tropical South America.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how asana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She had taught him several yoga asanas and now every morning he obediently performed them while he thought of her sitting somewhere out among the olives beyond the tower in the lotus pose which seemed to cost her no effort at all, intoning the Aum […]
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”).
This word in other languages
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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