# Shakti

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #37,683

## Definitions
1. The Hindu concept or personification of the divine feminine aspect, sometimes referred to as 'The Divine Mother'. Shakti represents the active, dynamic principles of feminine power.

## Etymology
From Sanskrit शक्ति (śákti, “power, energy”).

## Easily confused with
- **shat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakti-vs-shat)
- **shaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakti-vs-shaky)
- **shalt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakti-vs-shalt)
- **Shari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakti-vs-shari)
- **Shasta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakti-vs-shasta)
- **shanti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakti-vs-shanti)
- **shanty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakti-vs-shanty)
- **Shakur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakti-vs-shakur)
- **Shashi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakti-vs-shashi)
- **saki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saki-vs-shakti)
- **shake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shake-vs-shakti)
- **shaft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaft-vs-shakti)
- **Santi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/santi-vs-shakti)
- **shaka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaka-vs-shakti)
- **shakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakes-vs-shakti)
- **shaken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaken-vs-shakti)
- **shaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaker-vs-shakti)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hsakti`, `sahkti`, `shakit`, `shakkti`, `shaktti`, `shatki`, `shhakti`, `shkati`, `sshakti`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shakti