Pankaj
"pankaj" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pankaj” is uncommon English (frequency #66,915 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,915
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Sanskrit common in India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pankaj · Pankaj · English
Pankaj · rank #66,915 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,915
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH parfum
Nearest frequency peer: parfum (+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 “Pankaj”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- paisa
paisa
33,089 corpus weight
- palaeontolo…
palaeontology
33,088 corpus weight
- Pankaj
Pankaj
33,086 corpus weight
- parfum
parfum
33,085 corpus weight
- patisserie
patisserie
33,084 corpus weight
- peaceably
peaceably
33,082 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Pankaj” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pankaj |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,915 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Pankaj” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Pankaj is uncommon English at frequency #66,915 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Sanskrit common in India.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Pankaj in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Sanskrit पङ्कज (paṅkaja, “lotus”, literally “mud-born”), from पङ्क (paṅka, “mud”) + ज (ja, “born”). The correct English form is Pankaj, spelled P-A-N-K-A-J.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Sanskrit common in India.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पङ्कज (paṅkaja, “lotus”, literally “mud-born”), from पङ्क (paṅka, “mud”) + ज (ja, “born”).
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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