basmati
/bæzˈmɑːti/
"basmati" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“basmati” is uncommon English (frequency #73,891 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,891
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-basmati · basmati · English
basmati · rank #73,891 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,891
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH baseband
Nearest frequency peer: baseband (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “basmati”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bantering
bantering
26,114 corpus weight
- Baran
Baran
26,113 corpus weight
- baseband
baseband
26,111 corpus weight
- basmati
basmati
26,110 corpus weight
- beatificati…
beatification
26,106 corpus weight
- Bedi
Bedi
26,105 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “basmati” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basmati |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bæzˈmɑːti/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “basmati” in English
Rare enough to double-check
basmati is uncommon English at frequency #73,891 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bæzˈmɑːti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.".
basmati has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi बासमती (bāsmatī, literally “fragrant”). The correct English form is basmati, spelled B-A-S-M-A-T-I.
Definition
- 1A variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how basmati appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diwaniya is the capital of the almost completely Shiite farming province of Qadisiya, known for its marshy fields where farmers grow aromatic ambar rice, similar to India’s basmati.
Etymology
From Hindi बासमती (bāsmatī, literally “fragrant”).
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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