khana
"khana" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“khana” is uncommon English (frequency #99,449 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,449
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - food, a meal
Corpus desk
Index EN-khana · khana · English
khana · rank #99,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,449
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Khalistan
Nearest frequency peer: Khalistan (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “khana”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kazim
Kazim
560 corpus weight
- ketoconazole
ketoconazole
556 corpus weight
- keycard
keycard
554 corpus weight
- Khalistan
Khalistan
553 corpus weight
- khana
khana
552 corpus weight
- Killam
Killam
551 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “khana” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | khana |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “khana” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
khana is uncommon English at frequency #99,449 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "food, a meal".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for khana, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindustani کھانا (khānā) / खाना (khānā), from Sanskrit खादन (khādana), from खाद् (khād, “to eat”, root) + -अन (-ana), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰād-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂ed-. The correct English form is khana, spelled K-H-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1food, a meal
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani کھانا (khānā) / खाना (khānā), from Sanskrit खादन (khādana), from खाद् (khād, “to eat”, root) + -अन (-ana), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰād-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂ed-.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "khana", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.