# Pali

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpɑːli/ · frequency rank #42,319

## Definitions
1. A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism.
2. A district of Rajasthan, India.

## Etymology
A learned borrowing from Sanskrit पालि (pāli).

## Easily confused with
- **pi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pi)
- **PL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pl)
- **pay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pay)
- **Pan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pan)
- **pat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pat)
- **par** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-par)
- **ppl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-ppl)
- **PLC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-plc)
- **pam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pam)
- **pas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pas)
- **phi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-phi)
- **paw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-paw)
- **psi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-psi)
- **pol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pol)
- **pax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pax)
- **pap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pap)
- **PLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pla)
- **ply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-ply)
- **Paz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-paz)
- **pao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pali-vs-pao)

## Common misspellings (4)
`apli`, `palli`, `plai`, `ppali`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pali