katha
"katha" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“katha” is uncommon English (frequency #73,338 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,338
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The recitation of a Hindu religious story.
Corpus desk
Index EN-katha · katha · English
katha · rank #73,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,338
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kase
Nearest frequency peer: Kase (-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 “katha”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kamar
Kamar
26,667 corpus weight
- Kampuchea
Kampuchea
26,666 corpus weight
- Kase
Kase
26,664 corpus weight
- katha
katha
26,663 corpus weight
- Keim
Keim
26,662 corpus weight
- Ketchikan
Ketchikan
26,660 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “katha” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | katha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “katha” in English
Rare enough to double-check
katha is uncommon English at frequency #73,338 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
katha doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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: From Sanskrit कथा (kathā). The correct English form is katha, spelled K-A-T-H-A.
Definition
- 1The recitation of a Hindu religious story.
- 2Such storytelling considered as a genre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how katha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A list of the common themes narrated in a katha would comprise of the kidnapping of a girl, battle, separation and epic and puranic events.
She and her group did not disperse even after the katha had commenced. Their chatter disturbed the listeners.
Etymology
From Sanskrit कथा (kathā).
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).