ka
/kɑː/noun
ka is spelled K-A: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ka means “The aspect of a person’s soul or being that sustains their existence, roughly the life-force, sometimes pictured as a double of the person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ka is kas.
How many letters and syllables are in ka?
| Letters | 2: K-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ka?
Ka appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ka?
- /kɑː/
Ka has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-KA.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ka
- kas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ka mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The aspect of a person’s soul or being that sustains their existence, roughly the life-force, sometimes pictured as a double of the person.
‘You could bind the ka of a man to his body for five thousand years,’ said Jaquel.
- 2
The name of the Cyrillic script letter К / к.
noun
- 1
slangInitialism of known associate.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo serve or help; used only in the phrase "Ka me, ka thee" or variants thereof.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ka come from?
Borrowed from Egyptian kꜣ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).