darshan
"darshan" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“darshan” is uncommon English (frequency #51,644 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,644
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).
Corpus desk
Index EN-darshan · darshan · English
darshan · rank #51,644 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,644
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH datum
Nearest frequency peer: datum (+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 “darshan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- curatorial
curatorial
48,361 corpus weight
- cutesy
cutesy
48,360 corpus weight
- darshan
darshan
48,357 corpus weight
- datum
datum
48,356 corpus weight
- deathmatch
deathmatch
48,353 corpus weight
- debutante
debutante
48,352 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “darshan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | darshan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “darshan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
darshan is uncommon English at frequency #51,644 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).".
Zero misspellings are on record for darshan in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit दर्शन (darśana, “vision”), from a root दृश् (dṛś, “to see”). The correct English form is darshan, spelled D-A-R-S-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Hierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how darshan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A common sight in India is a crowd of people gathered in the courtyard of a temple or at the doorway of a streetside shrine for the darshan of the deity.
Hindus take darshan of a holy person, object, or place, believing that its mere presence, particularly the sight of it, conveys blessings.
Etymology
From Sanskrit दर्शन (darśana, “vision”), from a root दृश् (dṛś, “to see”).
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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