Ayodhya
"ayodhya" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ayodhya” is uncommon English (frequency #56,597 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,597
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India, on the bank of the Sarayu river.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ayodhya · Ayodhya · English
Ayodhya · rank #56,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,597
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH ASW
Nearest frequency peer: ASW (-2 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 “Ayodhya”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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assiduously
43,409 corpus weight
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astronautics
43,408 corpus weight
- ASW
ASW
43,406 corpus weight
- Ayodhya
Ayodhya
43,404 corpus weight
- Baltics
Baltics
43,402 corpus weight
- Barroso
Barroso
43,399 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ayodhya” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ayodhya |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ayodhya” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ayodhya is uncommon English at frequency #56,597 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Ayodhya in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā). The correct English form is Ayodhya, spelled A-Y-O-D-H-Y-A.
Definition
- 1A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India, on the bank of the Sarayu river.
- 2A legendary city, the ancient capital of Kosala kingdom, and birthplace of the Hindu deity Rāma.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā).
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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