Asoka
/əˈʃoʊkə/
"asoka" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Asoka” is an uncommon English word, ranked #85,001 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #85,001
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of Ashoka.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asoka |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /əˈʃoʊkə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Asoka” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Asoka is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈʃoʊkə/. Corpus data places it at rank #85,001 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Synonym of Ashoka.".
Asoka has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀲𑁄𑀓 (asoka), from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, literally “without grief”). Doublet of Ashoka and Ashok. The correct English form is Asoka, spelled A-S-O-K-A.
Definition
- 1Synonym of Ashoka.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀲𑁄𑀓 (asoka), from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, literally “without grief”). Doublet of Ashoka and Ashok.
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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Using “Asoka”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-S-O-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈʃoʊkə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.