Khalsa
"khalsa" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Khalsa” is uncommon English (frequency #64,474 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,474
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Baptized Sikhs, taken collectively.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Khalsa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Khalsa” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Khalsa is uncommon English at frequency #64,474 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Baptized Sikhs, taken collectively.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Khalsa in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ (xālsā) / خالْصَہ (xālṣah), ultimately from Arabic خَالِص (ḵāliṣ, “pure”). The correct English form is Khalsa, spelled K-H-A-L-S-A.
Definition
- 1Baptized Sikhs, taken collectively.
Etymology
Borrowed from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ (xālsā) / خالْصَہ (xālṣah), ultimately from Arabic خَالِص (ḵāliṣ, “pure”).
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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Using “Khalsa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-H-A-L-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.