Gorakhpur

name

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

The verdict

“Gorakhpur” is uncommon English (frequency #73,233 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,233
frequency rank, English
18,276
“G” headwords

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

Key facts for Gorakhpur
PropertyValue
HeadwordGorakhpur
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,233
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gorakhpur” 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). Gorakhpur 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

Gorakhpur is uncommon English at frequency #73,233 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Gorakhpur in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi गोरखपुर (gorakhpur). The correct English form is Gorakhpur, spelled G-O-R-A-K-H-P-U-R.

Definition

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi गोरखपुर (gorakhpur).

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 "Gorakhpur"?
"Gorakhpur" is spelled G-O-R-A-K-H-P-U-R.
What does "Gorakhpur" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gorakhpur" means: A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
What is the origin of the word "Gorakhpur"?
Borrowed from Hindi गोरखपुर (gorakhpur). See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “Gorakhpur”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is G-O-R-A-K-H-P-U-R - 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