Siddhartha
/sɪˈdɑɹtə/
"siddhartha" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Siddhartha” is an uncommon English word, ranked #53,250 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #53,250
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from Sanskrit used by followers of various faiths of India; notably, the personal name of Buddha.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Siddhartha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /sɪˈdɑɹtə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Siddhartha” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Siddhartha is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɪˈdɑɹtə/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,250 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A male given name from Sanskrit used by followers of various faiths of India; notably, the personal name of Buddha.".
Siddhartha has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit सिद्धार्थ (siddhārtha, “one who has accomplished an aim or object, successful, prosperous”), from सिद्ध (siddha, “achievement”) + अर्थ (artha, “meaning, purpose”). The correct English form is Siddhartha, spelled S-I-D-D-H-A-R-T-H-A.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Sanskrit used by followers of various faiths of India; notably, the personal name of Buddha.
Etymology
From Sanskrit सिद्धार्थ (siddhārtha, “one who has accomplished an aim or object, successful, prosperous”), from सिद्ध (siddha, “achievement”) + अर्थ (artha, “meaning, purpose”).
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 “Siddhartha”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-I-D-D-H-A-R-T-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɪˈdɑɹtə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.