Asha
"asha" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Asha” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #33,518) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #33,518
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-asha · Asha · English
Asha · rank #33,518 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,518
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH ascendancy
Nearest frequency peer: ascendancy (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Asha”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- archetypal
archetypal
66,486 corpus weight
- artful
artful
66,485 corpus weight
- ascendancy
ascendancy
66,484 corpus weight
- Asha
Asha
66,483 corpus weight
- assessor
assessor
66,482 corpus weight
- asymmetry
asymmetry
66,481 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Asha” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #33,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Asha” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Asha is neighbouring look-alikes ("ask", "ass", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun. Frequency #33,518 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Gloss: "A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Asha, with forms such as "ahsa", "asah", and "ashha". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ask", "ass", "Ava", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “one having the knowledge of morality”). The correct English form is Asha, spelled A-S-H-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “one having the knowledge of morality”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahsa
- asah
- ashha
- saha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Asha - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Asha", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.