Songkran
"songkran" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Songkran” is uncommon English (frequency #95,434 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,434
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The traditional New Year celebrated in several Southeast Asian countries when the sun enters the constellation of Aries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-songkran · Songkran · English
Songkran · rank #95,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,434
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH soundbar
Nearest frequency peer: soundbar (+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 “Songkran”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- softshell
softshell
4,569 corpus weight
- Songkran
Songkran
4,567 corpus weight
- soundbar
soundbar
4,566 corpus weight
- Southam
Southam
4,565 corpus weight
- Speier
Speier
4,563 corpus weight
- Spiegelman
Spiegelman
4,561 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Songkran” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Songkran |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Songkran” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Songkran is uncommon English at frequency #95,434 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The traditional New Year celebrated in several Southeast Asian countries when the sun enters the constellation of Aries.".
Songkran has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Thai สงกรานต์ (sǒng-graan), from Sanskrit सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti, “transmigration of the Sun from one sign of the zodiac (Rāshi) to the next”). The correct English form is Songkran, spelled S-O-N-G-K-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1The traditional New Year celebrated in several Southeast Asian countries when the sun enters the constellation of Aries.
Etymology
From Thai สงกรานต์ (sǒng-graan), from Sanskrit सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti, “transmigration of the Sun from one sign of the zodiac (Rāshi) to the next”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).