samadhi

/səˈmɑːdi/

//səˈmɑːdi// noun

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

The verdict

“samadhi” is uncommon English (frequency #58,333 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,333
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A state of transcendent union supposed to be assumed by a holy man or yogi at his death.

Corpus desk

Index EN-samadhi · samadhi · English

samadhi · rank #58,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,333
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sandow

Nearest frequency peer: Sandow (+1 rank slots)

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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 “samadhi”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “samadhi” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for samadhi
PropertyValue
Headwordsamadhi
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/səˈmɑːdi/
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,333
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “samadhi” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).samadhilands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Sandow” (#58,334), “sanitize” (#58,335), “savoring” (#58,339). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

samadhi is uncommon English at frequency #58,333 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /səˈmɑːdi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for samadhi, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit समाधि (samādhi, “placing together”), from सम (sama, “together”) + आ (ā) prefix + धा (dhā, “to place”). The correct English form is samadhi, spelled S-A-M-A-D-H-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    A state of transcendent union supposed to be assumed by a holy man or yogi at his death.
  2. 2
    The highest state of meditation, at which complete unity is reached.
  3. 3
    The tomb of a holy person or saint in India.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how samadhi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. She had seated herself cross-legged in the samadhi position and simply ceased to be.
  2. The yogi, or disciple, who has by these means overcome the obscurations of his lower nature sufficiently, enters into the condition termed samâdhi, and ‘comes face to face with facts which no instinct or reason can ever know.’

Etymology

From Sanskrit समाधि (samādhi, “placing together”), from सम (sama, “together”) + आ (ā) prefix + धा (dhā, “to place”).

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 "samadhi"?
"samadhi" is spelled S-A-M-A-D-H-I. The IPA pronunciation is /səˈmɑːdi/.
What does "samadhi" mean?
As a noun, "samadhi" means: A state of transcendent union supposed to be assumed by a holy man or yogi at his death.
How do you pronounce "samadhi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "samadhi" is /səˈmɑːdi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "samadhi"?
From Sanskrit समाधि (samādhi, “placing together”), from सम (sama, “together”) + आ (ā) prefix + धा (dhā, “to place”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "samadhi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list