kattar
"kattar" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kattar” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Strict, rigid, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kattar · kattar · English
kattar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kattar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kattar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kattar is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Strict, rigid, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kattar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi कट्टर (kaṭṭar, “strict, rigid”). The correct English form is kattar, spelled K-A-T-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Strict, rigid, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kattar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"And even the announcement of Delhi’s own Board of Education came with one of the avowed aims being making students “kattar deshbhakt” (staunch patriots)."
Etymology
From Hindi कट्टर (kaṭṭar, “strict, rigid”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.