# Hindi

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /hɪnˈðiː/ · frequency rank #9,344

## Definitions
1. Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.
2. The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. These are also spoken in Fiji, Guyana and as a second language by Indians in many other countries.
3. All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
4. A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi हिंदी (hindī), from Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī). By surface analysis, Hind + -i.

## Easily confused with
- **hint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindi-vs-hint)
- **hing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindi-vs-hing)
- **Hindu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindi-vs-hindu)
- **honda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindi-vs-honda)
- **hints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindi-vs-hints)
- **hinge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindi-vs-hinge)
- **Hines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindi-vs-hines)
- **hid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hid-vs-hindi)
- **hin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hin-vs-hindi)
- **hand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hand-vs-hindi)
- **hide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hide-vs-hindi)
- **hind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hind-vs-hindi)
- **hands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hands-vs-hindi)
- **handy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handy-vs-hindi)
- **Heidi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-hindi)
- **Hanoi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanoi-vs-hindi)
- **Hilda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilda-vs-hindi)
- **hinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hindi)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhindi`, `hidni`, `hinddi`, `hinid`, `hinndi`, `hnidi`, `ihndi`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hindi