# mitra

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,346

## Definitions
1. A person who is interested in becoming a Buddhist and elects to join a Buddhist community to learn more.

## Etymology
Transliteration of Sanskrit मित्र (mitrá, “friend”).

## Easily confused with
- **MTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mitra-vs-mta)
- **mitt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mitra-vs-mitt)
- **mora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mitra-vs-mora)
- **Myra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mitra-vs-myra)
- **Moira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mitra-vs-moira)
- **mitre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mitra-vs-mitre)
- **mitral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mitra-vs-mitral)
- **MIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mia-vs-mitra)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mit-vs-mitra)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mir-vs-mitra)
- **mata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mata-vs-mitra)
- **mara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mara-vs-mitra)
- **mina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mina-vs-mitra)
- **Mira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mitra)
- **Mika** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mika-vs-mitra)
- **mite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mite-vs-mitra)
- **Mila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mila-vs-mitra)
- **mica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mica-vs-mitra)
- **mire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mire-vs-mitra)
- **MIRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miri-vs-mitra)

## Common misspellings (7)
`imtra`, `mirta`, `mitar`, `mitrra`, `mittra`, `mmitra`, `mtira`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mitra