Gorakhpur

name

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

The verdict

“Gorakhpur” is uncommon English (frequency #73,233 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,233
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Corpus desk

Index EN-gorakhpur · Gorakhpur · English

Gorakhpur · rank #73,233 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,233
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH gorgonzola

Nearest frequency peer: gorgonzola (+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 “Gorakhpur”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Gorakhpur” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gorakhpur
PropertyValue
HeadwordGorakhpur
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,233
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Gorakhpur” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Gorakhpurfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “gorgonzola” (#73,234), “Goldsworthy” (#73,230), “grappa” (#73,236). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “Gorakhpur” is #73,233. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gorakhpur is uncommon English at frequency #73,233 among 2,313 “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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gorakhpur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list