kshatriya
/ˈkʃat.ɹi.ə/
"kshatriya" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kshatriya” is uncommon English (frequency #98,341 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,341
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kshatriya · kshatriya · English
kshatriya · rank #98,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,341
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Krishnamurti
Nearest frequency peer: Krishnamurti (-2 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 “kshatriya”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Krejci
Krejci
1,663 corpus weight
- Krishnamurti
Krishnamurti
1,662 corpus weight
- kshatriya
kshatriya
1,660 corpus weight
- lactone
lactone
1,655 corpus weight
- Ladin
Ladin
1,654 corpus weight
- laggard
laggard
1,653 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “kshatriya” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kshatriya |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʃat.ɹi.ə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,341 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kshatriya” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kshatriya is uncommon English at frequency #98,341 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkʃat.ɹi.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kshatriya, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “(the warrior or military caste or a member of this caste”), from क्षत्र (kṣatra, “rule, dominion, authority”). Akin to satrap. The correct English form is kshatriya, spelled K-S-H-A-T-R-I-Y-A.
Definition
- 1A member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.
Etymology
From Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “(the warrior or military caste or a member of this caste”), from क्षत्र (kṣatra, “rule, dominion, authority”). Akin to satrap.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 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.