swayamsevak
"swayamsevak" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“swayamsevak” is uncommon English (frequency #97,607 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,607
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, an Indian nationalist paramilitary volunteer organization.
Corpus desk
Index EN-swayamsevak · swayamsevak · English
swayamsevak · rank #97,607 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,607
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Swaine
Nearest frequency peer: Swaine (-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 “swayamsevak”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sunn
sunn
2,400 corpus weight
- sunshade
sunshade
2,399 corpus weight
- Swaine
Swaine
2,395 corpus weight
- swayamsevak
swayamsevak
2,394 corpus weight
- sweepstake
sweepstake
2,393 corpus weight
- sylph
sylph
2,390 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “swayamsevak” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | swayamsevak |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,607 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “swayamsevak” in English
Rare enough to double-check
swayamsevak is uncommon English at frequency #97,607 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, an Indian nationalist paramilitary volunteer organization.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for swayamsevak, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi स्वयंसेवक (svayansevak), from Sanskrit स्वयम् (svayam, “self”) and सेवक (sevaka, “servant”). The correct English form is swayamsevak, spelled S-W-A-Y-A-M-S-E-V-A-K.
Definition
- 1A member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, an Indian nationalist paramilitary volunteer organization.
Etymology
From Hindi स्वयंसेवक (svayansevak), from Sanskrit स्वयम् (svayam, “self”) and सेवक (sevaka, “servant”).
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).