kaito

noun

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"kaito" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“kaito” is uncommon English (frequency #60,204 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,204
frequency rank, English
1,236
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small motorized ferry or sampan that serves mostly remote islands.

Corpus desk

Index EN-kaito · kaito · English

kaito · rank #60,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,204
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,236
  • PHOTO-FINISH kak

Nearest frequency peer: kak (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “kaito”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “kaito” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kaito
PropertyValue
Headwordkaito
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,204
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “kaito” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).kaitofalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “kak” (#60,205), “Jyoti” (#60,202), “Kaleb” (#60,206). Among 1,236 “K” headwords, “kaito” is #60,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kaito is uncommon English at frequency #60,204 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small motorized ferry or sampan that serves mostly remote islands.".

kaito has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Cantonese 街渡. The correct English form is kaito, spelled K-A-I-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    A small motorized ferry or sampan that serves mostly remote islands.

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 街渡.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kaito"?
"kaito" is spelled K-A-I-T-O.
What does "kaito" mean?
As a noun, "kaito" means: A small motorized ferry or sampan that serves mostly remote islands.
What is the origin of the word "kaito"?
Borrowed from Cantonese 街渡. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kaito", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jyoti#60,202Kaleb#60,206Janna#60,194Jalal#60,193

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list