Rashi
"rashi" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rashi” is uncommon English (frequency #63,180 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,180
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, a medieval Rabbi from Troyes, known for his commentary on the Hebrew Bible and Babylonian Talmud.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rashi · Rashi · English
Rashi · rank #63,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,180
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rando
Nearest frequency peer: rando (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Rashi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rabb
Rabb
36,826 corpus weight
- rando
rando
36,823 corpus weight
- Rashi
Rashi
36,821 corpus weight
- rearward
rearward
36,818 corpus weight
- rebbe
rebbe
36,817 corpus weight
- recalibrate
recalibrate
36,816 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rashi” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rashi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rashi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rashi is uncommon English at frequency #63,180 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Rashi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew רַשִׁ״י (rash"i), acronym of רַבִּי שְׁלֹמֹה יִצְחָקִי (rabí sh'lomó yitskhakí). The correct English form is Rashi, spelled R-A-S-H-I.
Definition
- 1Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, a medieval Rabbi from Troyes, known for his commentary on the Hebrew Bible and Babylonian Talmud.
- 2Rashi's commentary on the Hebrew Bible or Talmud.
- 3A semicursive typeface for the Hebrew alphabet, customarily used for printing Rashi's commentaries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rashi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The new book enlarges the genealogical pyramid, connecting it to Rabbi Jehiel Lurie, head of the 13th-century rabbinical court in Brest-Litovsk, then back to Rashi and beyond.
Etymology
From Hebrew רַשִׁ״י (rash"i), acronym of רַבִּי שְׁלֹמֹה יִצְחָקִי (rabí sh'lomó yitskhakí).
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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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.