paneer
/pəˈniːɹ/
"paneer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paneer” is uncommon English (frequency #66,175 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,175
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A soft, non-matured, Indian cheese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paneer · paneer · English
paneer · rank #66,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,175
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Palmieri
Nearest frequency peer: Palmieri (-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 “paneer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- oversea
oversea
33,830 corpus weight
- palatinate
palatinate
33,828 corpus weight
- Palmieri
Palmieri
33,827 corpus weight
- paneer
paneer
33,826 corpus weight
- papillomavi…
papillomavirus
33,825 corpus weight
- parter
parter
33,824 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “paneer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paneer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pəˈniːɹ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paneer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paneer is uncommon English at frequency #66,175 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pəˈniːɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A soft, non-matured, Indian cheese.".
paneer has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindustani پَنِیر / पनीर (panīr), from Classical Persian پَنِیر (panīr). The correct English form is paneer, spelled P-A-N-E-E-R.
Definition
- 1A soft, non-matured, Indian cheese.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paneer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The spinach was mixed with paneer to make a satisfying meal.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani پَنِیر / पनीर (panīr), from Classical Persian پَنِیر (panīr).
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).