askari
"askari" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“askari” is uncommon English (frequency #71,291 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,291
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a local African military or police unit, usually one serving in a European colonial force.
Corpus desk
Index EN-askari · askari · English
askari · rank #71,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,291
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH astrolabe
Nearest frequency peer: astrolabe (+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 “askari”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Armidale
Armidale
28,713 corpus weight
- Armistead
Armistead
28,712 corpus weight
- askari
askari
28,710 corpus weight
- astrolabe
astrolabe
28,709 corpus weight
- astronomica…
astronomically
28,708 corpus weight
- Attleboro
Attleboro
28,707 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “askari” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | askari |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “askari” in English
Rare enough to double-check
askari is uncommon English at frequency #71,291 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of a local African military or police unit, usually one serving in a European colonial force.".
Zero misspellings are on record for askari in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Swahili askari (“soldier”), from Arabic عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy). Doublet of lascar. The correct English form is askari, spelled A-S-K-A-R-I.
Definition
- 1A member of a local African military or police unit, usually one serving in a European colonial force.
Etymology
From Swahili askari (“soldier”), from Arabic عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy). Doublet of lascar.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).