munshi
/ˈmuːnʃiː/
"munshi" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“munshi” is uncommon English (frequency #84,540 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,540
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A clerk or secretary.
Corpus desk
Index EN-munshi · munshi · English
munshi · rank #84,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,540
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH multiphase
Nearest frequency peer: multiphase (-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 “munshi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mohini
Mohini
15,466 corpus weight
- multifarious
multifarious
15,463 corpus weight
- multiphase
multiphase
15,462 corpus weight
- munshi
munshi
15,461 corpus weight
- mushrooming
mushrooming
15,460 corpus weight
- mutational
mutational
15,459 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “munshi” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | munshi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmuːnʃiː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “munshi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
munshi is uncommon English at frequency #84,540 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmuːnʃiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for munshi in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Urdu منشی (munšī, “secretary; munshi”) or directly from its etymon Classical Persian منشی (munšī, “secretary; munshi”), from Arabic مُنْشِئ (munšiʔ, “teacher; writer”). The correct English form is munshi, spelled M-U-N-S-H-I.
Definition
- 1A clerk or secretary.
- 2A language teacher, especially one teaching Hindustani or Persian.
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu منشی (munšī, “secretary; munshi”) or directly from its etymon Classical Persian منشی (munšī, “secretary; munshi”), from Arabic مُنْشِئ (munšiʔ, “teacher; writer”).
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 6 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.