Avesta
/əˈvɛstə/
"avesta" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Avesta” is uncommon English (frequency #91,256 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,256
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language.
Corpus desk
Index EN-avesta · Avesta · English
Avesta · rank #91,256 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,256
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Ayumi
Nearest frequency peer: Ayumi (+3 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 “Avesta”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Aucoin
Aucoin
8,751 corpus weight
- audiologist
audiologist
8,750 corpus weight
- Avesta
Avesta
8,745 corpus weight
- Ayumi
Ayumi
8,742 corpus weight
- azithromycin
azithromycin
8,741 corpus weight
- backstab
backstab
8,740 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Avesta” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Avesta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /əˈvɛstə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Avesta” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Avesta is uncommon English at frequency #91,256 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /əˈvɛstə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language.".
Avesta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Iranian Persian اوستا (avestâ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾp(y)stʾk' /abestāg/), of uncertain meaning. The correct English form is Avesta, spelled A-V-E-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1The primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language.
Etymology
From Iranian Persian اوستا (avestâ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾp(y)stʾk' /abestāg/), of uncertain meaning.
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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