vinaya

noun

"vinaya" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vinaya” is uncommon English (frequency #96,640 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,640
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The rules that regulate Buddhist monastic life.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vinaya · vinaya · English

vinaya · rank #96,640 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,640
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH vint

Nearest frequency peer: vint (+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 “vinaya”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “vinaya” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vinaya
PropertyValue
Headwordvinaya
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,640
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “vinaya” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).vinayafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “vint” (#96,641), “Veron” (#96,638), “vireo” (#96,642). Among 969 “V” headwords, “vinaya” is #96,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vinaya is uncommon English at frequency #96,640 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The rules that regulate Buddhist monastic life.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for vinaya in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Pali vinaya. The correct English form is vinaya, spelled V-I-N-A-Y-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    The rules that regulate Buddhist monastic life.

Etymology

Transliteration of Pali vinaya.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vinaya"?
"vinaya" is spelled V-I-N-A-Y-A.
What does "vinaya" mean?
As a noun, "vinaya" means: The rules that regulate Buddhist monastic life.
What is the origin of the word "vinaya"?
Transliteration of Pali vinaya. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vinaya", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list