Kamakura
"kamakura" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kamakura” is uncommon English (frequency #69,170 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,170
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kamakura · Kamakura · English
Kamakura · rank #69,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,170
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kanagawa
Nearest frequency peer: Kanagawa (+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 “Kamakura”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Judaic
Judaic
30,835 corpus weight
- Jumeirah
Jumeirah
30,834 corpus weight
- Kaaba
Kaaba
30,833 corpus weight
- Kamakura
Kamakura
30,831 corpus weight
- Kanagawa
Kanagawa
30,830 corpus weight
- Killick
Killick
30,825 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kamakura” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kamakura |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kamakura” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kamakura is uncommon English at frequency #69,170 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kamakura in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 鎌倉 (Kamakura). The correct English form is Kamakura, spelled K-A-M-A-K-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 鎌倉 (Kamakura).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).