Nayak
"nayak" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Nayak” is uncommon English (frequency #65,335 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,335
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a Muslim Rajput community in the state of Gujarat in India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nayak · Nayak · English
Nayak · rank #65,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,335
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH naturist
Nearest frequency peer: naturist (-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 “Nayak”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Murrieta
Murrieta
34,673 corpus weight
- musketeer
musketeer
34,672 corpus weight
- naturist
naturist
34,667 corpus weight
- Nayak
Nayak
34,666 corpus weight
- neophyte
neophyte
34,665 corpus weight
- Niue
Niue
34,659 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Nayak” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nayak |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Nayak” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Nayak is uncommon English at frequency #65,335 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Nayak, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Gujarati નાયક (nāyak). The correct English form is Nayak, spelled N-A-Y-A-K.
Definition
- 1A member of a Muslim Rajput community in the state of Gujarat in India.
- 2A member of a Hindu caste found in the states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in India.
Etymology
Borrowed from Gujarati નાયક (nāyak).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).