Badshah
"badshah" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Badshah” is uncommon English (frequency #72,111 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,111
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of Padishah.
Corpus desk
Index EN-badshah · Badshah · English
Badshah · rank #72,111 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,111
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH Badawi
Nearest frequency peer: Badawi (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Badshah”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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27,894 corpus weight
- backsliding
backsliding
27,892 corpus weight
- Badawi
Badawi
27,891 corpus weight
- Badshah
Badshah
27,890 corpus weight
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baobab
27,887 corpus weight
- Bareilles
Bareilles
27,886 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Badshah” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Badshah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Badshah” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Badshah is uncommon English at frequency #72,111 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Padishah.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Badshah, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Classical Persian بادشاه (bādšāh) via Hindustani बादशाह/بادشاہ (bādśāh). The correct English form is Badshah, spelled B-A-D-S-H-A-H.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Padishah.
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بادشاه (bādšāh) via Hindustani बादशाह/بادشاہ (bādśāh).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.