paisa
/ˈpaɪsə/
"paisa" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paisa” is uncommon English (frequency #66,912 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,912
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paisa · paisa · English
paisa · rank #66,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,912
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH palaeontology
Nearest frequency peer: palaeontology (+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 “paisa”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- otolaryngol…
otolaryngology
33,093 corpus weight
- overeat
overeat
33,092 corpus weight
- overrode
overrode
33,091 corpus weight
- paisa
paisa
33,089 corpus weight
- palaeontolo…
palaeontology
33,088 corpus weight
- Pankaj
Pankaj
33,086 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “paisa” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paisa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpaɪsə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paisa” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paisa is uncommon English at frequency #66,912 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpaɪsə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for paisa in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi पैसा (paisā) / Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀬𑀁𑀲 (*payaṃsa), presumably from unattested Sanskrit *पदांश (*padāṃśa), from पद (pada, “quarter”) + अंश (aṃśa, “part, piece”) in reference its historical value of ¹⁄₄ anna. The correct English form is paisa, spelled P-A-I-S-A.
Definition
- 1A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
- 2A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka.
- 3A subdivision of currency, equal to one thousandth of an Omani rial.
- 4A subdivision of various former currencies of India.
Etymology
From Hindi पैसा (paisā) / Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀬𑀁𑀲 (*payaṃsa), presumably from unattested Sanskrit *पदांश (*padāṃśa), from पद (pada, “quarter”) + अंश (aṃśa, “part, piece”) in reference its historical value of ¹⁄₄ anna.
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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