dasha
"dasha" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dasha” is uncommon English (frequency #62,086 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,086
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One of various systems of Hindu astrology based on planetary periods, in which these planetary periods have good or bad effects depending on their placement by sign, house, combinations with other ...
Corpus desk
Index EN-dasha · dasha · English
dasha · rank #62,086 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,086
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dayum
Nearest frequency peer: dayum (+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 “dasha”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dacia
Dacia
37,920 corpus weight
- Dalí
Dalí
37,917 corpus weight
- dasha
dasha
37,915 corpus weight
- dayum
dayum
37,914 corpus weight
- decapitate
decapitate
37,912 corpus weight
- Denby
Denby
37,910 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dasha” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dasha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dasha” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dasha is uncommon English at frequency #62,086 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One of various systems of Hindu astrology based on planetary periods, in which these planetary periods have good or bad effects depending on their placement by sign, house, combinations with other ...".
dasha has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Sanskrit दशा (daśā). The correct English form is dasha, spelled D-A-S-H-A.
Definition
- 1One of various systems of Hindu astrology based on planetary periods, in which these planetary periods have good or bad effects depending on their placement by sign, house, combinations with other planets, and aspects.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit दशा (daśā).
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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