Hindu
/ˈhɪnduː/
"hindu" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hindu” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,138
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hindu · Hindu · English
Hindu · rank #7,138 · 7 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,138
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Geneva
Nearest frequency peer: Geneva (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Hindu”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- flour
flour
92,866 corpus weight
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GDP
92,865 corpus weight
- Geneva
Geneva
92,864 corpus weight
- Hindu
Hindu
92,863 corpus weight
- indie
indie
92,861 corpus weight
- indirect
indirect
92,860 corpus weight
What this shows “Hindu” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hindu |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhɪnduː/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Hindu”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Hindu (IPA /ˈhɪnduː/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,138 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hindu, with forms such as "hhindu", "hidnu", and "hinddu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "hint", "hing", "honda", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Ary… The correct English form is Hindu, spelled H-I-N-D-U.
Definition
- 1Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hindu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law.
Etymology
Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhindu
- hidnu
- hinddu
- hinndu
- hinud
- hnidu
- ihndu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hindu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hindu", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).