kachina
ka·chi·na/kəˈt͡ʃi.nə/noun
kachina is spelled K-A-C-H-I-N-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables (ka·chi·na). It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kachina means “A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kachina is kachinas.
How many letters and syllables are in kachina?
| Letters | 7: K-A-C-H-I-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ka·chi·na |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is kachina?
Kachina appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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 kachina?
- UK /kəˈt͡ʃiː.nə/
- US /kəˈt͡ʃi.nə/
Kachina has 3 syllables, split ka·chi·na in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-kachina.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with kachina?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as kachina from its last stressed vowel (/inə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of kachina
- kachinas plural
- katchina
- katcina
- katsina
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kachina mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).
- 2
A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
- 3
A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kachina in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense spirit being:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does kachina come from?
Borrowed from Hopi katsina.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).