Ghaziabad

name

"ghaziabad" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Ghaziabad” is uncommon English (frequency #64,400 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,400
frequency rank, English
18,276
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large city and district of Meerut division, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Key facts for Ghaziabad
PropertyValue
HeadwordGhaziabad
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,400
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Ghaziabad” 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). Ghaziabad lands here:

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

Rare enough to double-check

Ghaziabad is uncommon English at frequency #64,400 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large city and district of Meerut division, Uttar Pradesh, India.".

Ghaziabad doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi ग़ाज़ियाबाद (ġāziyābād). The correct English form is Ghaziabad, spelled G-H-A-Z-I-A-B-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    A large city and district of Meerut division, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ग़ाज़ियाबाद (ġāziyābād).

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 "Ghaziabad"?
"Ghaziabad" is spelled G-H-A-Z-I-A-B-A-D.
What does "Ghaziabad" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ghaziabad" means: A large city and district of Meerut division, Uttar Pradesh, India.
What is the origin of the word "Ghaziabad"?
Borrowed from Hindi ग़ाज़ियाबाद (ġāziyābād). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Ghaziabad”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is G-H-A-Z-I-A-B-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list