Puducherry
/ˌpʊdʊˈt͡ʃɛɹi/
"puducherry" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Puducherry” is uncommon English (frequency #95,309 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,309
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A union territory in southern India, consisting of four geographically separated exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe.
Corpus desk
Index EN-puducherry · Puducherry · English
Puducherry · rank #95,309 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,309
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH prox
Nearest frequency peer: prox (-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 “Puducherry”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- proteolysis
proteolysis
4,696 corpus weight
- prox
prox
4,693 corpus weight
- Puducherry
Puducherry
4,692 corpus weight
- pupillary
pupillary
4,691 corpus weight
- purp
purp
4,689 corpus weight
- Puth
Puth
4,688 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Puducherry” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Puducherry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌpʊdʊˈt͡ʃɛɹi/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Puducherry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Puducherry is uncommon English at frequency #95,309 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌpʊdʊˈt͡ʃɛɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Puducherry, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Tamil புதுச்சேரி (putuccēri, literally “new town”), reinforcing with the former name Pondicherry. The correct English form is Puducherry, spelled P-U-D-U-C-H-E-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A union territory in southern India, consisting of four geographically separated exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe.
- 2The capital city of the union territory of Puducherry, India.
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil புதுச்சேரி (putuccēri, literally “new town”), reinforcing with the former name Pondicherry.
Synonyms
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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