Kenya
[ˈkɛnjə]
The verdict
“Kenya” is uncommon German (frequency #65,403 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,403
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Staat in Afrika; Kenia
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kenya |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛnjə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kenya” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kenya is uncommon German at frequency #65,403 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkɛnjə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Staat in Afrika; Kenia".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kenya, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kenya, spelled K-E-N-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Staat in Afrika; Kenia
Synonyms
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.
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Using “Kenya”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-E-N-Y-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkɛnjə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.