Meghalaya
/meɪˈɡɑːləjə/
"meghalaya" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Meghalaya” is uncommon English (frequency #71,696 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,696
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.
Corpus desk
Index EN-meghalaya · Meghalaya · English
Meghalaya · rank #71,696 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,696
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH megalithic
Nearest frequency peer: megalithic (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Meghalaya”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- McGlynn
McGlynn
28,310 corpus weight
- megalithic
megalithic
28,306 corpus weight
- Meghalaya
Meghalaya
28,305 corpus weight
- Mesolithic
Mesolithic
28,304 corpus weight
- Metairie
Metairie
28,303 corpus weight
- microfluidic
microfluidic
28,301 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Meghalaya” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meghalaya |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /meɪˈɡɑːləjə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,696 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Meghalaya” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Meghalaya is uncommon English at frequency #71,696 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /meɪˈɡɑːləjə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Meghalaya, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Sanskrit मेघालय (meghālaya, “abode of clouds”), a compound of मेघ (megha, “cloud”) + आलय (ālaya, “abode”). The correct English form is Meghalaya, spelled M-E-G-H-A-L-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1A state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेघालय (meghālaya, “abode of clouds”), a compound of मेघ (megha, “cloud”) + आलय (ālaya, “abode”).
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.