biryani
"biryani" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“biryani” is uncommon English (frequency #53,405 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,405
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
Corpus desk
Index EN-biryani · biryani · English
biryani · rank #53,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,405
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH biota
Nearest frequency peer: biota (-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 “biryani”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Bhaskar
Bhaskar
46,599 corpus weight
- bijou
bijou
46,598 corpus weight
- biota
biota
46,597 corpus weight
- biryani
biryani
46,596 corpus weight
- boatload
boatload
46,595 corpus weight
- Bodleian
Bodleian
46,594 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “biryani” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | biryani |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “biryani” in English
Rare enough to double-check
biryani is uncommon English at frequency #53,405 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for biryani, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindustani بِرْیَانی (biryānī) / बिरयानी (biryānī), from Classical Persian بریانی (biryānī), from بریان (biryān, “roast”) (from برشتن (birištan, “to roast”)) + the suffix ـی (-ī). The correct English form is biryani, spelled B-I-R-Y-A-N-I.
Definition
- 1A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how biryani appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thereafter, the menu is divided into a number of sections: Syrian Christian specialities from Kerala; coastal seafood dishes; Malabar biryanis; vegetable curries; and special dosas.
Etymology
From Hindustani بِرْیَانی (biryānī) / बिरयानी (biryānī), from Classical Persian بریانی (biryānī), from بریان (biryān, “roast”) (from برشتن (birištan, “to roast”)) + the suffix ـی (-ī).
This word in other languages
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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