stupa
/ˈstuːpə/
"stupa" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stupa” is uncommon English (frequency #67,081 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,081
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stupa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstuːpə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stupa” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
stupa is uncommon English at frequency #67,081 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstuːpə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.".
No misspelling variants are generated for stupa in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of tope. The correct English form is stupa, spelled S-T-U-P-A.
Definition
- 1A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of tope.
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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Using “stupa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-U-P-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈstuːpə/ (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.