sari
/ˈsɑː.ɹi/
"sari" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sari” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #26,953 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,953
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the ot...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sari |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɑː.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sari” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for sari is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɑː.ɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,953 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the ot...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sari, with forms such as "asri", "sair", and "sarri". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SI", "say", "saw", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī) ultimately from Sanskrit शाट (śāṭa), शाटी (śāṭī). The correct English form is sari, spelled S-A-R-I.
Definition
- 1The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī) ultimately from Sanskrit शाट (śāṭa), शाटी (śāṭī).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asri,sair,sarri,srai,ssari
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sari - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “sari”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-R-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɑː.ɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “SI” - see the side-by-side comparison. sari vs SI
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.