rakhi
/ˈɹɑːki/
"rakhi" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rakhi” is uncommon English (frequency #63,922 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,922
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An ornamental cotton wristband tied by a girl or woman on to the wrist of her brother, or of one who takes on the responsibilities of a brother, particularly during the Raksha Bandhan festival.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rakhi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɑːki/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rakhi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rakhi is uncommon English at frequency #63,922 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹɑːki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ornamental cotton wristband tied by a girl or woman on to the wrist of her brother, or of one who takes on the responsibilities of a brother, particularly during the Raksha Bandhan festival.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rakhi, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi राखी (rākhī, “a rakhi”), from Sanskrit रक्षिका (rakṣikā, “a rakhi”), from रक्षा (rakṣā, “care, guarding, preservation, protection; a rakhi”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”). The correct English form is rakhi, spelled R-A-K-H-I.
Definition
- 1An ornamental cotton wristband tied by a girl or woman on to the wrist of her brother, or of one who takes on the responsibilities of a brother, particularly during the Raksha Bandhan festival.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi राखी (rākhī, “a rakhi”), from Sanskrit रक्षिका (rakṣikā, “a rakhi”), from रक्षा (rakṣā, “care, guarding, preservation, protection; a rakhi”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”).
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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Using “rakhi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-A-K-H-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.