Inaba
"inaba" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Inaba” is uncommon English (frequency #66,743 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,743
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inaba · Inaba · English
Inaba · rank #66,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,743
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH indisposed
Nearest frequency peer: indisposed (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Inaba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- idler
idler
33,262 corpus weight
- ignominy
ignominy
33,260 corpus weight
- Inaba
Inaba
33,258 corpus weight
- indisposed
indisposed
33,257 corpus weight
- inducible
inducible
33,256 corpus weight
- inequitable
inequitable
33,255 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Inaba” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Inaba |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Inaba” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Inaba is uncommon English at frequency #66,743 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Japanese.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Inaba, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 稲葉 (Inaba). The correct English form is Inaba, spelled I-N-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 稲葉 (Inaba).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.