Thiruvananthapuram
/tɪˌɹuːvəˌnʌntəˈpuːɹəm/
"thiruvananthapuram" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Thiruvananthapuram” is an uncommon English word, ranked #68,691 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #68,691
- frequency rank, English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city and district, the state capital of Kerala, India, formerly known as Trivandrum.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /tɪˌɹuːvəˌnʌntəˈpuːɹəm/ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #68,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Thiruvananthapuram” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Thiruvananthapuram is 18 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɪˌɹuːvəˌnʌntəˈpuːɹəm/. Corpus data places it at rank #68,691 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A city and district, the state capital of Kerala, India, formerly known as Trivandrum.".
Thiruvananthapuram doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Malayalam തിരുവനന്തപുരം (tiruvanantapuraṁ). The correct English form is Thiruvananthapuram, spelled T-H-I-R-U-V-A-N-A-N-T-H-A-P-U-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1A city and district, the state capital of Kerala, India, formerly known as Trivandrum.
Etymology
Borrowed from Malayalam തിരുവനന്തപുരം (tiruvanantapuraṁ).
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 “Thiruvananthapuram”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-H-I-R-U-V-A-N-A-N-T-H-A-P-U-R-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.