sarai
"sarai" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sarai” is uncommon English (frequency #68,614 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,614
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A caravanserai.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sarai · sarai · English
sarai · rank #68,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,614
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sanna
Nearest frequency peer: Sanna (-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 “sarai”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Samos
Samos
31,392 corpus weight
- Sanna
Sanna
31,388 corpus weight
- sarai
sarai
31,387 corpus weight
- satiric
satiric
31,386 corpus weight
- Sausalito
Sausalito
31,384 corpus weight
- scarp
scarp
31,383 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sarai” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sarai |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sarai” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sarai is uncommon English at frequency #68,614 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A caravanserai.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sarai in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Persian سرای (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”). The correct English form is sarai, spelled S-A-R-A-I.
Definition
- 1A caravanserai.
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian سرای (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”).
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).