sarkar
/ˈsɜːkɑː/
"sarkar" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sarkar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,168. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,168
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An administrative unit used mostly in the Muslim states of South Asia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sarkar · sarkar · English
sarkar · rank #32,168 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,168
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sandoval
Nearest frequency peer: Sandoval (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sarkar”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sages
sages
67,835 corpus weight
- Sandoval
Sandoval
67,834 corpus weight
- sarkar
sarkar
67,833 corpus weight
- Saskatoon
Saskatoon
67,832 corpus weight
- Satoshi
Satoshi
67,831 corpus weight
- schoolhouse
schoolhouse
67,830 corpus weight
What this shows “sarkar” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | sarkar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɜːkɑː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sarkar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sarkar (IPA /ˈsɜːkɑː/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,168 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sarkar, with forms such as "asrkar", "sakrar", and "sarakr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Shankar", "Sara", "Sark", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi सरकार (sarkār)/Urdu سرکار (sarkār), from Persian سرکار (sarkâr, “superintendent, overseer, chief”), compound of سر (sar, “head”) + کار (kâr, “agent, doer”). The correct English form is sarkar, spelled S-A-R-K-A-R.
Definition
- 1An administrative unit used mostly in the Muslim states of South Asia.
- 2A clerk or accountant.
- 3A native steward or housekeeper.
- 4The Government, the State.
- 5Administration of a particular prime minister.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sarkar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] and there would be various objections to trusting a native with the purport of such communications, even where some of the baboos, sircars, purvoes, and others of that genus, can converse with sufficient comprehensiveness in English […]
He said that Janoo had told him that there was an order of the Sirkar against magic, because it was feared that magic might one day kill the Empress of India.
Etymology
From Hindi सरकार (sarkār)/Urdu سرکار (sarkār), from Persian سرکار (sarkâr, “superintendent, overseer, chief”), compound of سر (sar, “head”) + کار (kâr, “agent, doer”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asrkar
- sakrar
- sarakr
- sarkarr
- sarkkar
- sarkra
- sarrkar
- srakar
- ssarkar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sarkar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sarkar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).