Shukla
"shukla" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Shukla” is uncommon English (frequency #53,854 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,854
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shukla · Shukla · English
Shukla · rank #53,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,854
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sippy
Nearest frequency peer: sippy (+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 “Shukla”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sheepishly
sheepishly
46,152 corpus weight
- Shipp
Shipp
46,150 corpus weight
- Shukla
Shukla
46,147 corpus weight
- sippy
sippy
46,146 corpus weight
- skidding
skidding
46,144 corpus weight
- slandering
slandering
46,143 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Shukla” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shukla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Shukla” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Shukla is uncommon English at frequency #53,854 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Shukla, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Sanskrit शुक्ल (śukla). The correct English form is Shukla, spelled S-H-U-K-L-A.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit शुक्ल (śukla).
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).