Sushma
"sushma" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sushma” is uncommon English (frequency #73,679 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,679
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sushma · Sushma · English
Sushma · rank #73,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,679
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH svelte
Nearest frequency peer: svelte (+1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Sushma”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- subarachnoid
subarachnoid
26,332 corpus weight
- surfeit
surfeit
26,324 corpus weight
- Sushma
Sushma
26,322 corpus weight
- svelte
svelte
26,321 corpus weight
- Swanton
Swanton
26,320 corpus weight
- Tahu
Tahu
26,314 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sushma” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sushma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sushma” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sushma is uncommon English at frequency #73,679 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Sushma in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Sanskrit सुषमा (suṣamā). The correct English form is Sushma, spelled S-U-S-H-M-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सुषमा (suṣamā).
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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