kami
noun
kami is spelled K-A-M-I: 4 letters. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kami means “An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kami is kamis.
How many letters and syllables are in kami?
| Letters | 4: K-A-M-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 kami?
Kami appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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).
What rhymes with kami?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kami.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: maki.
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 kami
- kamis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kami mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
- 2
The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.
- 3
A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.
noun
- 1
An ethnic and linguistic group in Morogoro Region, Tanzania.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kami come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 神 (kami, “god, spirit, deity”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).