Ayutthaya

name

"ayutthaya" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Ayutthaya” is uncommon English (frequency #82,066 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,066
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (the capital of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand).

Corpus desk

Index EN-ayutthaya · Ayutthaya · English

Ayutthaya · rank #82,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,066
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Auster

Nearest frequency peer: Auster (-3 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “Ayutthaya”

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corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ayutthaya” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ayutthaya
PropertyValue
HeadwordAyutthaya
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,066
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Ayutthaya” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Ayutthayafalls in this rarity band:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Auster” (#82,063), “backhaul” (#82,069), “Atholl” (#82,062). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Ayutthaya” is #82,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ayutthaya is uncommon English at frequency #82,066 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Ayutthaya has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Thai อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa), derived from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā, “Ayodhya, the unconquerable citadel”). The correct English form is Ayutthaya, spelled A-Y-U-T-T-H-A-Y-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (the capital of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand).
  2. 2
    the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, one of the precursor states of the Kingdom of Thailand.

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa), derived from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā, “Ayodhya, the unconquerable citadel”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ayutthaya"?
"Ayutthaya" is spelled A-Y-U-T-T-H-A-Y-A.
What does "Ayutthaya" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ayutthaya" means: Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (the capital of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand).
What is the origin of the word "Ayutthaya"?
Borrowed from Thai อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa), derived from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā, “Ayodhya, the unconquerable citadel”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list