Mahendra
"mahendra" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mahendra” is uncommon English (frequency #57,543 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,543
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One of the holy mountains in India.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mahendra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mahendra” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mahendra is uncommon English at frequency #57,543 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Mahendra in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit महेन्द्र (mahendra, “the great Indra.”); ultimately from महा (mahā) + इन्द्र (indra). The correct English form is Mahendra, spelled M-A-H-E-N-D-R-A.
Definition
- 1One of the holy mountains in India.
- 2A male given name from Sanskrit.
Etymology
From Sanskrit महेन्द्र (mahendra, “the great Indra.”); ultimately from महा (mahā) + इन्द्र (indra).
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 “Mahendra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-H-E-N-D-R-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.