kumari

noun

"kumari" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“kumari” is uncommon English (frequency #62,262 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,262
frequency rank, English
1,236
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.

Corpus desk

Index EN-kumari · kumari · English

kumari · rank #62,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,262
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,236
  • PHOTO-FINISH kronor

Nearest frequency peer: kronor (-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 “kumari”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “kumari” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kumari
PropertyValue
Headwordkumari
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,262
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “kumari” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).kumarifalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “kronor” (#62,261), “Kursk” (#62,263), “Koreas” (#62,260). Among 1,236 “K” headwords, “kumari” is #62,262. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kumari is uncommon English at frequency #62,262 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.".

kumari doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī, “princess; young girl”). The correct English form is kumari, spelled K-U-M-A-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how kumari appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Shakya […] reached puberty and 'retired' as a royal kumari, as the young Nepalese goddesses are known.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī, “princess; young girl”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kumari"?
"kumari" is spelled K-U-M-A-R-I.
What does "kumari" mean?
As a noun, "kumari" means: A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.
What is the origin of the word "kumari"?
Borrowed from Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī, “princess; young girl”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kumari", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list