Tanjore
"tanjore" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tanjore” is uncommon English (frequency #95,492 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,492
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Former name of Thanjavur (“an Indian city”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-tanjore · Tanjore · English
Tanjore · rank #95,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,492
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tancred
Nearest frequency peer: Tancred (-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 “Tanjore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tablature
tablature
4,517 corpus weight
- Taconic
Taconic
4,516 corpus weight
- Tancred
Tancred
4,510 corpus weight
- Tanjore
Tanjore
4,509 corpus weight
- tannoy
tannoy
4,508 corpus weight
- tantalizing…
tantalizingly
4,507 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Tanjore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tanjore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Tanjore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Tanjore is uncommon English at frequency #95,492 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Former name of Thanjavur (“an Indian city”).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tanjore, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 Tamil தஞ்சாவூர் (tañcāvūr). The correct English form is Tanjore, spelled T-A-N-J-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Former name of Thanjavur (“an Indian city”).
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil தஞ்சாவூர் (tañcāvūr).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).