Karna
"karna" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Karna” is uncommon English (frequency #53,044 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,044
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Name of a warrior who fought for the Kauravas in the Mahabharata; son of Kunti and Surya.
Corpus desk
Index EN-karna · Karna · English
Karna · rank #53,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,044
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH karo
Nearest frequency peer: karo (+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 “Karna”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- jughead
jughead
46,961 corpus weight
- Julianna
Julianna
46,960 corpus weight
- Jutland
Jutland
46,959 corpus weight
- Karna
Karna
46,957 corpus weight
- karo
karo
46,956 corpus weight
- Kayleigh
Kayleigh
46,955 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Karna” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karna |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Karna” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Karna is uncommon English at frequency #53,044 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Name of a warrior who fought for the Kauravas in the Mahabharata; son of Kunti and Surya.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Karna, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa). The correct English form is Karna, spelled K-A-R-N-A.
Definition
- 1Name of a warrior who fought for the Kauravas in the Mahabharata; son of Kunti and Surya.
Etymology
Transliteration of Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa).
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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