Pakis

name

"pakis" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Pakis” is uncommon English (frequency #97,406 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,406
frequency rank, English
46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The Pakistan cricket team.

Key facts for Pakis
PropertyValue
HeadwordPakis
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#97,406
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Pakis” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Pakis lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pakis is uncommon English at frequency #97,406 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The Pakistan cricket team.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Pakis in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is Pakis, spelled P-A-K-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The Pakistan cricket team.

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 "Pakis"?
"Pakis" is spelled P-A-K-I-S.
What does "Pakis" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pakis" means: The Pakistan cricket team.
What language does "Pakis" come from?
"Pakis" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “Pakis”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-A-K-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list