# k

> English word · Character · IPA /keɪ/ · frequency rank #1,310

## Definitions
1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.

## Easily confused with
- **kI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-ki)
- **ka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-ka)
- **ky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-ky)
- **ko** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-ko)
- **KC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-kc)
- **Ku** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-ku)
- **KS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-ks)
- **Ke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-ke)
- **KD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-kd)
- **KB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-kb)
- **KT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-kt)
- **kk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-kk)
- **KL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-kl)
- **K2** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-k2)
- **KP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-kp)
- **KJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-kj)
- **K9** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-k9)
- **KF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-kf)
- **key** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-key)
- **kid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-kid)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/k