sadhana

noun

"sadhana" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sadhana” is uncommon English (frequency #76,292 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,292
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A spiritual practice or discipline leading to a goal.

Key facts for sadhana
PropertyValue
Headwordsadhana
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,292
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sadhana” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sadhana lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sadhana is uncommon English at frequency #76,292 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A spiritual practice or discipline leading to a goal.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sadhana, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Sanskrit साधना (sādhanā). The correct English form is sadhana, spelled S-A-D-H-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A spiritual practice or discipline leading to a goal.

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit साधना (sādhanā).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sadhana"?
"sadhana" is spelled S-A-D-H-A-N-A.
What does "sadhana" mean?
As a noun, "sadhana" means: A spiritual practice or discipline leading to a goal.
What is the origin of the word "sadhana"?
Transliteration of Sanskrit साधना (sādhanā). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “sadhana”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-A-D-H-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list