Nagarjuna
"nagarjuna" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Nagarjuna” is uncommon English (frequency #85,555 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,555
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from Sanskrit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nagarjuna |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nagarjuna” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nagarjuna is uncommon English at frequency #85,555 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Nagarjuna, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit नागार्जुन (nāgārjuna). The correct English form is Nagarjuna, spelled N-A-G-A-R-J-U-N-A.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Sanskrit.
- 2Second century philosopher credited with founding a school of Buddhism.
Etymology
From Sanskrit नागार्जुन (nāgārjuna).
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-A-G-A-R-J-U-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.