Kala
"kala" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kala” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,628
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Sanskrit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kala · Kala · English
Kala · rank #36,628 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,628
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kagawa
Nearest frequency peer: Kagawa (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Kala”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- jumble
jumble
63,377 corpus weight
- K9
K9
63,376 corpus weight
- Kagan
Kagan
63,375 corpus weight
- Kagawa
Kagawa
63,374 corpus weight
- Kala
Kala
63,373 corpus weight
- Kimmy
Kimmy
63,371 corpus weight
What this shows “Kala” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kala |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #36,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Kala”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Kala, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,628 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Sanskrit.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kala, with forms such as "akla", "kaal", and "kalla". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "KL", "kay", "kat", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Hindu surname from Sanskrit कला (kalā). The correct English form is Kala, spelled K-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Sanskrit.
Etymology
Hindu surname from Sanskrit कला (kalā).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akla
- kaal
- kalla
- kkala
- klaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kala - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kala", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).