prana
/ˈpɹɑːnə/
"prana" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prana” is uncommon English (frequency #66,947 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,947
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prana · prana · English
prana · rank #66,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,947
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH prayerful
Nearest frequency peer: prayerful (+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 “prana”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- polytheism
polytheism
33,061 corpus weight
- portent
portent
33,057 corpus weight
- prana
prana
33,054 corpus weight
- prayerful
prayerful
33,053 corpus weight
- prepper
prepper
33,049 corpus weight
- preselection
preselection
33,048 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “prana” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prana |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɑːnə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “prana” in English
Rare enough to double-check
prana is uncommon English at frequency #66,947 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɹɑːnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prana, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, “breath; life”). The correct English form is prana, spelled P-R-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He it is who sends the (in-coming) Prana (life-breath) upward and throws the (out-going) breath downward.
He who knows Aditi, who rises with Prana (the Life Principle), existent in all the Devas.
Etymology
From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, “breath; life”).
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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