yatra

noun

"yatra" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“yatra” is uncommon English (frequency #52,113 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,113
frequency rank, English
366
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Hindu pilgrimage.

Corpus desk

Index EN-yatra · yatra · English

yatra · rank #52,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,113
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 366
  • PHOTO-FINISH yb

Nearest frequency peer: yb (+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 “yatra”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for yatra
PropertyValue
Headwordyatra
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,113
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “yatra” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).yatrafalls in this rarity band:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “yb” (#52,114), “yaoi” (#52,111), “Wootton” (#52,109). Among 366 “Y” headwords, “yatra” is #52,113. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yatra is uncommon English at frequency #52,113 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Hindu pilgrimage.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for yatra, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit यात्रा (yātrā). The correct English form is yatra, spelled Y-A-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A Hindu pilgrimage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how yatra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Thousands of activists and vehicles therefore diffused quietly out of Delhi in the following days to reassemble in a yatra that now swelled to 40–50,000 people.
  2. By calling this little stroll a yatra I am making a mild joke to myself, because in India a yatra can be a grueling expedition such as a hike to the top of Mount Kailas in the Himalayas.

Etymology

From Sanskrit यात्रा (yātrā).

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 "yatra"?
"yatra" is spelled Y-A-T-R-A.
What does "yatra" mean?
As a noun, "yatra" means: A Hindu pilgrimage.
What is the origin of the word "yatra"?
From Sanskrit यात्रा (yātrā). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list