Ravana
"ravana" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ravana” is uncommon English (frequency #63,928 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,928
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The king of the asuras, ruler of Lanka and killed by Rama in Ramayana.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ravana · Ravana · English
Ravana · rank #63,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,928
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rashly
Nearest frequency peer: rashly (-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 “Ravana”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rakhi
rakhi
36,079 corpus weight
- rann
rann
36,078 corpus weight
- rashly
rashly
36,074 corpus weight
- Ravana
Ravana
36,073 corpus weight
- reaps
reaps
36,071 corpus weight
- rebuff
rebuff
36,070 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ravana” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ravana |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ravana” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ravana is uncommon English at frequency #63,928 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The king of the asuras, ruler of Lanka and killed by Rama in Ramayana.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ravana, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit रावण (rāvaṇa). The correct English form is Ravana, spelled R-A-V-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1The king of the asuras, ruler of Lanka and killed by Rama in Ramayana.
Etymology
From Sanskrit रावण (rāvaṇa).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).