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 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,676
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An ancient Sanskrit epic concerning some text of the Bhagavad Gita, including elaborations on theology and morality.
| 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) |
Where “Mahabharata” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mahabharata is uncommon English at frequency #53,676 among 36,575 “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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Using “Mahabharata”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-H-A-B-H-A-R-A-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.