Lashkar
"lashkar" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lashkar” is uncommon English (frequency #61,582 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,582
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lashkar · Lashkar · English
Lashkar · rank #61,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,582
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH laryngitis
Nearest frequency peer: laryngitis (-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 “Lashkar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kuiper
Kuiper
38,422 corpus weight
- lamia
lamia
38,421 corpus weight
- laryngitis
laryngitis
38,420 corpus weight
- Lashkar
Lashkar
38,419 corpus weight
- LDA
LDA
38,417 corpus weight
- leal
leal
38,416 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Lashkar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lashkar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lashkar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lashkar is uncommon English at frequency #61,582 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lashkar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Urdu لشکرِ (“army”). The correct English form is Lashkar, spelled L-A-S-H-K-A-R.
Definition
- 1A city in Madhya Pradesh, India.
- 2The Islamic militant Lashkar-e-Toiba (Urdu: لشکرِ طیبه (“Army of the Pure”)), based in Pakistan. Also transliterated as Lashkar-i-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, or Lashkar-i-Toiba.
Etymology
From Urdu لشکرِ (“army”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).