padang

noun

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"padang" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“padang” is uncommon English (frequency #54,373 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,373
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Malaysian grassland

Corpus desk

Index EN-padang · padang · English

padang · rank #54,373 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,373
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH oxygenation

Nearest frequency peer: oxygenation (-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 “padang”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “padang” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for padang
PropertyValue
Headwordpadang
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,373
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “padang” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).padangfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “oxygenation” (#54,372), “oxidant” (#54,371), “parakeet” (#54,376). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “padang” is #54,373. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

padang is uncommon English at frequency #54,373 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Malaysian grassland".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for padang, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Malay padang. The correct English form is padang, spelled P-A-D-A-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Malaysian grassland

Etymology

From Malay padang.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "padang"?
"padang" is spelled P-A-D-A-N-G.
What does "padang" mean?
As a noun, "padang" means: Malaysian grassland
What is the origin of the word "padang"?
From Malay padang. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "padang", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

outwit#54,369ordain#54,367pattie#54,381peeler#54,388

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list