# K2

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /keɪˈtuː/ · frequency rank #25,110

## Definitions
1. A mountain on the border between Pakistan and Taxkorgan, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China, the world’s second highest mountain, located in the Ladakh Karakorams.

## Etymology
Designated by Thomas Montgomerie in 1856 during the Great Trigonometrical Survey of British India, for being the second of the two most prominent peaks in the Karakoram range visible to him from Mount Harmukh.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/k2