Mahabharata
/mə.hɑˈbɑ.ɹə.tə/
"mahabharata" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mahabharata” is uncommon English (frequency #53,676 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,676
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ancient Sanskrit epic concerning some text of the Bhagavad Gita, including elaborations on theology and morality.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mahabharata · Mahabharata · English
Mahabharata · rank #53,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,676
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH machismo
Nearest frequency peer: machismo (-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 “Mahabharata”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ludo
Ludo
46,330 corpus weight
- machismo
machismo
46,326 corpus weight
- Mahabharata
Mahabharata
46,325 corpus weight
- mammogram
mammogram
46,322 corpus weight
- Manaus
Manaus
46,321 corpus weight
- Marky
Marky
46,319 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mahabharata” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mahabharata |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /mə.hɑˈbɑ.ɹə.tə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mahabharata” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mahabharata is uncommon English at frequency #53,676 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /mə.hɑˈbɑ.ɹə.tə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ancient Sanskrit epic concerning some text of the Bhagavad Gita, including elaborations on theology and morality.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Mahabharata, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Sanskrit महाभारत (mahābhārata). The correct English form is Mahabharata, spelled M-A-H-A-B-H-A-R-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1An ancient Sanskrit epic concerning some text of the Bhagavad Gita, including elaborations on theology and morality.
Etymology
Transliteration of Sanskrit महाभारत (mahābhārata).
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).