kahuna
/kəˈhuːnə/noun
kahuna is spelled K-A-H-U-N-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kahuna means “A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kahuna is kahunas.
How many letters and syllables are in kahuna?
| Letters | 6: K-A-H-U-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 76,798th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 kahuna?
Kahuna appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th 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 kahuna?
- UK /kəˈhuːnə/
Kahuna has 3 syllables (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).
What rhymes with kahuna?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as kahuna from its last stressed vowel (/unə/, British pronunciation):
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 kahuna
- kahunas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kahuna mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.
- 2
A great surfer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kahuna come from?
Borrowed from Hawaiian kahuna (“shaman, wizard”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).