K'ung-tzu
"k-ung-tzu" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“K'ung-tzu” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Kongzi (Confucius)
Corpus desk
Index EN-k-ung-tzu · K'ung-tzu · English
K'ung-tzu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | K'ung-tzu |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “K'ung-tzu” in English
Rare enough to double-check
K'ung-tzu is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Kongzi (Confucius)".
Zero misspellings are on record for K'ung-tzu in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 Mandarin 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻung³-tzŭ³. The correct English form is K'ung-tzu, spelled K-'-U-N-G---T-Z-U.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Kongzi (Confucius)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how K'ung-tzu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The earliest leader of a school of thought was Confucius (K’ung-tzu).
The earliest fundamental understanding of the nature of health and disease, expounded by the Nei Ching, would have been forgotten were it not for an element peculiar to Chinese culture: the worship of their ancestors, a practice which runs far deeper than the respect shown for Western patriarchs. It was formalized by the teaching of K’ung-tzu, whose Latin…
Etymology
Transliteration of Mandarin 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻung³-tzŭ³.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.