kaki
/ˈkɑːki/
"kaki" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kaki” is uncommon English (frequency #77,825 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,825
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A persimmon, specifically a Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).
Corpus desk
Index EN-kaki · kaki · English
kaki · rank #77,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,825
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kaczynski
Nearest frequency peer: Kaczynski (-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 “kaki”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Jhansi
Jhansi
22,182 corpus weight
- Kaczynski
Kaczynski
22,177 corpus weight
- kaki
kaki
22,176 corpus weight
- Kassim
Kassim
22,175 corpus weight
- Keiser
Keiser
22,171 corpus weight
- Kenn
Kenn
22,170 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kaki” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kaki |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑːki/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #77,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kaki” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kaki is uncommon English at frequency #77,825 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɑːki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A persimmon, specifically a Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).".
Zero misspellings are on record for kaki in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 柿(カキ) (kaki). The correct English form is kaki, spelled K-A-K-I.
Definition
- 1A persimmon, specifically a Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 柿(カキ) (kaki).
This word in other languages
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).