Gondwana
/ɡɑndˈwɑnə/
"gondwana" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gondwana” is uncommon English (frequency #71,537 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,537
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A region of central India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gondwana · Gondwana · English
Gondwana · rank #71,537 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,537
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Goebel
Nearest frequency peer: Goebel (-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 “Gondwana”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- glossing
glossing
28,467 corpus weight
- glycerine
glycerine
28,466 corpus weight
- Goebel
Goebel
28,465 corpus weight
- Gondwana
Gondwana
28,464 corpus weight
- gowan
gowan
28,462 corpus weight
- GPI
GPI
28,461 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Gondwana” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gondwana |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɡɑndˈwɑnə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Gondwana” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Gondwana is uncommon English at frequency #71,537 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɡɑndˈwɑnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Gondwana in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”). The continent was named after the region in India by Austrian scientist Eduard Suess in 1861. The correct English form is Gondwana, spelled G-O-N-D-W-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1A region of central India.
- 2A southern supercontinent, formed before Pangaea between 600 and 530 million years ago, that included most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the Southern Hemisphere.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gondwana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At that time, the Gondwana supercontinent was located at the southern part of the Southern Hemisphere, developed amphibolite metamorphism and formed the united crystalline basement at about 510 Ma.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”). The continent was named after the region in India by Austrian scientist Eduard Suess in 1861.
This word in other languages
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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