Kashyap
"kashyap" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kashyap” is uncommon English (frequency #62,249 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,249
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Hindi.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kashyap · Kashyap · English
Kashyap · rank #62,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,249
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kapur
Nearest frequency peer: Kapur (-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 “Kashyap”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- juts
juts
37,756 corpus weight
- Jäger
Jäger
37,755 corpus weight
- kaj
kaj
37,754 corpus weight
- Kapur
Kapur
37,753 corpus weight
- Kashyap
Kashyap
37,752 corpus weight
- Kawai
Kawai
37,750 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kashyap” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kashyap |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kashyap” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kashyap is uncommon English at frequency #62,249 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Hindi.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kashyap in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Hindi कश्यप (kaśyap). The correct English form is Kashyap, spelled K-A-S-H-Y-A-P.
Definition
- 1A surname from Hindi.
Etymology
Transliteration of Hindi कश्यप (kaśyap).
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).