thana
/ˈtɑː.nə/
"thana" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thana” is uncommon English (frequency #74,570 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,570
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An Indian military outpost.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thana · thana · English
thana · rank #74,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,570
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Thanatos
Nearest frequency peer: Thanatos (+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 “thana”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Tello
Tello
25,434 corpus weight
- telomerase
telomerase
25,433 corpus weight
- thana
thana
25,431 corpus weight
- Thanatos
Thanatos
25,430 corpus weight
- theist
theist
25,429 corpus weight
- Theodoric
Theodoric
25,428 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “thana” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thana |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɑː.nə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thana” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thana is uncommon English at frequency #74,570 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɑː.nə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for thana in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Hindi थाना (thānā), from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna, “military outpost”). Doublet of Thane. The correct English form is thana, spelled T-H-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1An Indian military outpost.
- 2A police station, or a police jurisdiction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To this talk the dacoits agreed, and we had no trouble at the Thana, and could eat melons in peace, sitting upon our charpoys all day long.
Accompanied by some other young men from the village, he made rounds of the police thana and military base to get a release order.
Etymology
Transliteration of Hindi थाना (thānā), from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna, “military outpost”). Doublet of Thane.
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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