katara
/kə.tɑɹ(.ə)/
"katara" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“katara” is uncommon English (frequency #54,880 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,880
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An Indian push dagger with an H-shaped handle, used predominantly ceremonially, and rarely as a weapon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-katara · katara · English
katara · rank #54,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,880
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kasparov
Nearest frequency peer: Kasparov (-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 “katara”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kapil
Kapil
45,124 corpus weight
- Kasparov
Kasparov
45,122 corpus weight
- katara
katara
45,121 corpus weight
- kayo
kayo
45,120 corpus weight
- kestrel
kestrel
45,119 corpus weight
- Kil
Kil
45,118 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “katara” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | katara |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kə.tɑɹ(.ə)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “katara” in English
Rare enough to double-check
katara is uncommon English at frequency #54,880 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kə.tɑɹ(.ə)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An Indian push dagger with an H-shaped handle, used predominantly ceremonially, and rarely as a weapon.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for katara, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindustani کَٹَار (kaṭār) / कटार (kaṭār, “dagger, saber”). The correct English form is katara, spelled K-A-T-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1An Indian push dagger with an H-shaped handle, used predominantly ceremonially, and rarely as a weapon.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani کَٹَار (kaṭār) / कटार (kaṭār, “dagger, saber”).
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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