Banaras
"banaras" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Banaras” is uncommon English (frequency #71,304 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,304
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of Varanasi: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-banaras · Banaras · English
Banaras · rank #71,304 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,304
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH Azazel
Nearest frequency peer: Azazel (-6 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 “Banaras”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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28,697 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Banaras” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Banaras |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Banaras” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Banaras is uncommon English at frequency #71,304 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Varanasi: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Banaras in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi बनारस (banāras). The correct English form is Banaras, spelled B-A-N-A-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Varanasi: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi बनारस (banāras).
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.