paratha
"paratha" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paratha” is uncommon English (frequency #99,674 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,674
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paratha · paratha · English
paratha · rank #99,674 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,674
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH paramedical
Nearest frequency peer: paramedical (-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 “paratha”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- papilla
papilla
329 corpus weight
- paramedical
paramedical
328 corpus weight
- paratha
paratha
327 corpus weight
- pard
pard
325 corpus weight
- parrying
parrying
324 corpus weight
- parsa
parsa
323 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “paratha” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paratha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paratha” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paratha is uncommon English at frequency #99,674 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.".
No misspelling variants are generated for paratha in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi पराठा (parāṭhā). Doublet of parotta. The correct English form is paratha, spelled P-A-R-A-T-H-A.
Definition
- 1an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paratha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“It was homemade parathas with keema mattar — ground lamb with peas.
Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi पराठा (parāṭhā). Doublet of parotta.
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).