tilak
/ˈtɪlək/
"tilak" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tilak” is uncommon English (frequency #64,770 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,770
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tilak · tilak · English
tilak · rank #64,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,770
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH thumbing
Nearest frequency peer: thumbing (-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 “tilak”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Thera
Thera
35,235 corpus weight
- Thetford
Thetford
35,234 corpus weight
- Thorburn
Thorburn
35,233 corpus weight
- thumbing
thumbing
35,232 corpus weight
- tilak
tilak
35,231 corpus weight
- timekeeping
timekeeping
35,230 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tilak” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tilak |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɪlək/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tilak” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tilak is uncommon English at frequency #64,770 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɪlək/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status.".
tilak doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka). The correct English form is tilak, spelled T-I-L-A-K.
Definition
- 1A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tilak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I wore these spots of shine and silver like tilaks, the marks of colour that we Hindus wear on our foreheads as symbols of the divine.
He dressed in a dhoti, had a wispy white beard that trailed down to his waist, and regularly smeared across his forehead a tilaka, a pitchfork-shaped design that signifies enlightenment.
Etymology
From Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka).
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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