Zendaya
/zənˈdeɪ.ə/
"zendaya" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Zendaya” is uncommon English (frequency #73,827 among 2,810 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,827
- frequency rank, English
- 2,810
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Shona.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zendaya |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /zənˈdeɪ.ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zendaya” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zendaya is uncommon English at frequency #73,827 among 2,810 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /zənˈdeɪ.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Shona.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Zendaya, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Derived from Shona Tendai (a female name). The correct English form is Zendaya, spelled Z-E-N-D-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Shona.
Etymology
Derived from Shona Tendai (a female name).
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 “Zendaya”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Z-E-N-D-A-Y-A - 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.