Dwarka

Name: Dwarka, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Dwarka” is an uncommon English word, ranked #69,804 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#69,804
frequency rank, English: 6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city and municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district in the state of Gujarat in Western India, a site of Hindu pilgrimage.

Key facts for Dwarka
Property	Value
Headword	Dwarka
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#69,804
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Dwarka” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Dwarka lands here:

#69,804

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for Dwarka is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #69,804 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Dwarka in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Gujarati દ્વારકા (dvārkā), Hindustani دوارکا (dvārkā) / द्वारका (dvārkā), Bengali দ্বারকা (darka), from Sanskrit द्वारका (dvārakā). The correct English form is Dwarka, spelled D-W-A-R-K-A.

Definition

1
A city and municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district in the state of Gujarat in Western India, a site of Hindu pilgrimage.
2
A neighbourhood of Delhi, India.
3
A river in the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Etymology

Transliteration of Gujarati દ્વારકા (dvārkā), Hindustani دوارکا (dvārkā) / द्वारका (dvārkā), Bengali দ্বারকা (darka), from Sanskrit द्वारका (dvārakā).

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 "Dwarka"?

"Dwarka" is spelled D-W-A-R-K-A.

What does "Dwarka" mean?

As a proper noun, "Dwarka" means: A city and municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district in the state of Gujarat in Western India, a site of Hindu pilgrimage.

What is the origin of the word "Dwarka"?

Transliteration of Gujarati દ્વારકા (dvārkā), Hindustani دوارکا (dvārkā) / द्वारका (dvārkā), Bengali দ্বারকা (darka), from Sanskrit द्वारका (dvārakā). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Dwarka”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is D-W-A-R-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.