kami
[kami]
The verdict
“kami” is uncommon German (frequency #76,946 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,946
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kami
Corpus desk
Index DE-kami · kami · German
kami · rank #76,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,946
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kalkulierten
Nearest frequency peer: kalkulierten (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „kami“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kalibriert
kalibriert
23,057 corpus weight
- kalkulierten
kalkulierten
23,056 corpus weight
- kami
kami
23,055 corpus weight
- Kaminfeuer
Kaminfeuer
23,054 corpus weight
- kanalisiert
kanalisiert
23,053 corpus weight
- Kandahar
Kandahar
23,052 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kami“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kami |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kami] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #76,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kami“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kami is uncommon German at frequency #76,946 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kami]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kami".
kami has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kami, spelled K-A-M-I.
Definition
- 1Kami
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "kami"?
What does "kami" mean?
How do you pronounce "kami"?
What language does "kami" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kami", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).