sitar
"sitar" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sitar” is uncommon English (frequency #59,021 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,021
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sitar · sitar · English
sitar · rank #59,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,021
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH situate
Nearest frequency peer: situate (+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 “sitar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- simile
simile
40,983 corpus weight
- sitar
sitar
40,980 corpus weight
- situate
situate
40,979 corpus weight
- skillset
skillset
40,978 corpus weight
- Skipton
Skipton
40,977 corpus weight
- slushy
slushy
40,976 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sitar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sitar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sitar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sitar is uncommon English at frequency #59,021 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sitar, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi सितार (sitār) / Urdu ستار (sitār), from Classical Persian سهتار (si-tār, literally “three strings”). Doublet of setar. The correct English form is sitar, spelled S-I-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
Etymology
From Hindi सितार (sitār) / Urdu ستار (sitār), from Classical Persian سهتار (si-tār, literally “three strings”). Doublet of setar.
This word in other languages
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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