# Kafka

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkæfkə/ · frequency rank #30,111

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.
2. Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.

## Etymology
From German Kafka, from Czech German Kavka (“jackdaw”), from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the Proto-Slavic *kavъka, imitating the call of a jackdaw.
Compare Polish kawka, Czech kavka, Slovene kávka, all meaning “jackdaw”.

## Easily confused with
- **kara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kafka-vs-kara)
- **kaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kafka-vs-kaya)
- **kana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kafka-vs-kana)
- **Kala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kafka-vs-kala)
- **kata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kafka-vs-kata)
- **kama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kafka-vs-kama)
- **kaka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kafka-vs-kaka)
- **karma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kafka-vs-karma)
- **kappa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kafka-vs-kappa)
- **Kayla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kafka-vs-kayla)
- **Katya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kafka-vs-katya)

## Common misspellings (7)
`akfka`, `kafak`, `kaffka`, `kafkka`, `kakfa`, `kfaka`, `kkafka`

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