bhakt
"bhakt" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bhakt” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who practises bhakti; a person who is devoted to God; a devotee; a worshipper; a religious disciple.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bhakt · bhakt · English
bhakt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bhakt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bhakt” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bhakt is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bhakt in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Hindi भक्त (bhakt). The correct English form is bhakt, spelled B-H-A-K-T.
Definition
- 1Someone who practises bhakti; a person who is devoted to God; a devotee; a worshipper; a religious disciple.
- 2A devout Hindu.
- 3An ardent right-wing Hindu nationalist netizen.
- 4An ardent supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party or its leader Narendra Modi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bhakt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In commenting on these stories, Ganga Giri selects the virtues of suffering and sacrifice exhibited variously by the male bhakts as characteristic of renunciant bhakti.
Although Sankardeb himself may have had disciples in his close circle from different religions and castes, in Majuli the interpretation has become rigid — none of them allow Scheduled Caste or tribal people to become bhakts and live in the […]
Etymology
Transliteration of Hindi भक्त (bhakt).
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.