bhakti
"bhakti" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bhakti” is uncommon English (frequency #50,977 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,977
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - devotion to God
Corpus desk
Index EN-bhakti · bhakti · English
bhakti · rank #50,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,977
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH BHA
Nearest frequency peer: BHA (-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 “bhakti”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Bex
Bex
49,026 corpus weight
- BHA
BHA
49,025 corpus weight
- bhakti
bhakti
49,024 corpus weight
- bigs
bigs
49,023 corpus weight
- billowing
billowing
49,022 corpus weight
- biotin
biotin
49,021 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bhakti” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bhakti |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bhakti” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bhakti is uncommon English at frequency #50,977 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "devotion to God".
bhakti has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit भक्ति (bhaktí). The correct English form is bhakti, spelled B-H-A-K-T-I.
Definition
- 1devotion to God
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bhakti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It should be obvious by now that bhakti is not merely pious thoughts of "love" but rather fearless action. Nārada asks nothing less of the bhakta than complete surrender and complete dedication unto the will of Bhagavān. But if at any point one feels himself unable to reach the ideals taught by Nārada, he is not condemned. Lord Kṛṣṇa also says that if we…
The offering of Bhakti is a specific activity, either mental or physical, through which a devotee can finally attain the knowledge of the Supreme Reality. So, Karma and Jñāna are not antagonistic to the Bhakti Mārga, rather, they are indispensable parts of it.
Etymology
From Sanskrit भक्ति (bhaktí).
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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