Usha
"usha" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Usha” is uncommon English (frequency #66,380 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,380
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Usham (“surname of Meitei origin”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-usha · Usha · English
Usha · rank #66,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,380
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH upskirt
Nearest frequency peer: upskirt (-2 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 “Usha”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unheated
unheated
33,627 corpus weight
- unlearned
unlearned
33,626 corpus weight
- unquenchable
unquenchable
33,625 corpus weight
- unshaven
unshaven
33,624 corpus weight
- upskirt
upskirt
33,623 corpus weight
- Usha
Usha
33,621 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Usha” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Usha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Usha” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Usha is uncommon English at frequency #66,380 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Usham (“surname of Meitei origin”).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Usha, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Manipuri ꯎꯁꯥ (ʼusā). The correct English form is Usha, spelled U-S-H-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Usham (“surname of Meitei origin”).
Etymology
From Manipuri ꯎꯁꯥ (ʼusā).
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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).