mandir
"mandir" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mandir” is uncommon English (frequency #50,651 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,651
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Hindu temple.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mandir · mandir · English
mandir · rank #50,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,651
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH manoeuvring
Nearest frequency peer: manoeuvring (+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 “mandir”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lorelai
Lorelai
49,356 corpus weight
- loveliness
loveliness
49,354 corpus weight
- luminance
luminance
49,353 corpus weight
- mandir
mandir
49,350 corpus weight
- manoeuvring
manoeuvring
49,349 corpus weight
- marauding
marauding
49,348 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mandir” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mandir |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mandir” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mandir is uncommon English at frequency #50,651 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Hindu temple.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mandir, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Hindi मंदिर (mandir). The correct English form is mandir, spelled M-A-N-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1A Hindu temple.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mandir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On the contrary, in the afternoon, he said, “It was good that I went to the mandir. Even physically, I feel well.”
The word mandir derives from the Sanskrit mandira, meaning a dwelling place. A mandir is a home to God as represented by the deity singled out for honour within the building's inner sanctum.
Etymology
Transliteration of Hindi मंदिर (mandir).
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).