Dravid
"dravid" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dravid” is uncommon English (frequency #62,107 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,107
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Hindi.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dravid · Dravid · English
Dravid · rank #62,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,107
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH drumstick
Nearest frequency peer: drumstick (+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 “Dravid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- distillate
distillate
37,899 corpus weight
- domesticity
domesticity
37,898 corpus weight
- Dravid
Dravid
37,894 corpus weight
- drumstick
drumstick
37,893 corpus weight
- dumbed
dumbed
37,891 corpus weight
- earbud
earbud
37,889 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dravid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dravid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Dravid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dravid is uncommon English at frequency #62,107 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Hindi.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Dravid in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi द्रविड़ (draviṛ). The correct English form is Dravid, spelled D-R-A-V-I-D.
Definition
- 1A surname from Hindi.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi द्रविड़ (draviṛ).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).