Dasgupta
"dasgupta" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dasgupta” is uncommon English (frequency #68,982 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,982
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Bengali.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dasgupta · Dasgupta · English
Dasgupta · rank #68,982 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,982
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH darknet
Nearest frequency peer: darknet (-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 “Dasgupta”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dail
Dail
31,024 corpus weight
- Dandridge
Dandridge
31,022 corpus weight
- darknet
darknet
31,020 corpus weight
- Dasgupta
Dasgupta
31,019 corpus weight
- Daws
Daws
31,017 corpus weight
- Demosthenes
Demosthenes
31,012 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dasgupta” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dasgupta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Dasgupta” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dasgupta is uncommon English at frequency #68,982 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Bengali.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dasgupta, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Bengali দাশগুপ্ত (daśgupto). The correct English form is Dasgupta, spelled D-A-S-G-U-P-T-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Bengali.
Etymology
Borrowed from Bengali দাশগুপ্ত (daśgupto).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).