Pema
/ˈpɛmə/
"pema" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pema” is uncommon English (frequency #78,006 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,006
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A title indicating great respect, prefixed to the names of Tibetan Buddhists.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pema · Pema · English
Pema · rank #78,006 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,006
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH percolation
Nearest frequency peer: percolation (+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 “Pema”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- payless
payless
21,999 corpus weight
- pbk
pbk
21,998 corpus weight
- Pema
Pema
21,995 corpus weight
- percolation
percolation
21,994 corpus weight
- perpendicul…
perpendicularly
21,993 corpus weight
- Perris
Perris
21,992 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Pema” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pema |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɛmə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #78,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Pema” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Pema is uncommon English at frequency #78,006 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɛmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A title indicating great respect, prefixed to the names of Tibetan Buddhists.".
Pema doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Tibetan པད་མ (pad ma), from Sanskrit पद्म (padma, “lotus”). Doublet of Padma. The correct English form is Pema, spelled P-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1A title indicating great respect, prefixed to the names of Tibetan Buddhists.
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan པད་མ (pad ma), from Sanskrit पद्म (padma, “lotus”). Doublet of Padma.
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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