desa

noun

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"desa" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“desa” is uncommon English (frequency #87,202 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,202
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A rural village terminology.

Corpus desk

Index EN-desa · desa · English

desa · rank #87,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,202
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH deselect

Nearest frequency peer: deselect (+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 “desa”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “desa” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desa
PropertyValue
Headworddesa
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#87,202
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “desa” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).desafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “deselect” (#87,203), “demiurge” (#87,200), “deshmukh” (#87,204). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “desa” is #87,202. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desa is uncommon English at frequency #87,202 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A rural village terminology.".

desa has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Indonesian desa. The correct English form is desa, spelled D-E-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A rural village terminology.

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian desa.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desa"?
"desa" is spelled D-E-S-A.
What does "desa" mean?
As a noun, "desa" means: A rural village terminology.
What is the origin of the word "desa"?
Borrowed from Indonesian desa. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dati#87,186Dard#87,185Drac#87,229Ertz#87,257

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list