mehndi
"mehndi" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mehndi” is uncommon English (frequency #87,548 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,548
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A henna plant (Lawsonia inermis).
Corpus desk
Index EN-mehndi · mehndi · English
mehndi · rank #87,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,548
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Megiddo
Nearest frequency peer: Megiddo (-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 “mehndi”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- McRoberts
McRoberts
12,457 corpus weight
- meadowlark
meadowlark
12,456 corpus weight
- Megiddo
Megiddo
12,454 corpus weight
- mehndi
mehndi
12,453 corpus weight
- melodically
melodically
12,451 corpus weight
- Menken
Menken
12,450 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mehndi” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mehndi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mehndi” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mehndi is uncommon English at frequency #87,548 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for mehndi in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindustani मेहंदी (mehandī) / مہندی (mihandī), from Sanskrit मेन्धिका (mendhikā). First attested in the 19th century. The correct English form is mehndi, spelled M-E-H-N-D-I.
Definition
- 1A henna plant (Lawsonia inermis).
- 2The preparation of this plant used for dyeing.
- 3A temporary skin decoration made with henna.
- 4The practice of applying such decoration, typically as part of a bride or groom's preparations for a wedding.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mehndi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The first lot to be put up was a tin of sugar biscuits and a jar of ‘mendy’, a pomade of native origin for dyeing the hair black.
She was thirteen, a young bride whose small palms had been stained burgundy with mehndi for a man she knew nothing about, not even his name.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani मेहंदी (mehandī) / مہندی (mihandī), from Sanskrit मेन्धिका (mendhikā). First attested in the 19th century.
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).