# Kandy

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,843

## Definitions
1. A city, the capital of Central Province, Sri Lanka.

## Etymology
From Tamil கண்டி (kaṇṭi), possibly further from Sinhalese [Term?], ultimately from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa); or possibly from Portuguese Candea, Sinhalese කන්ද උඩරට (kanda uḍaraṭa, “land on the mountain”), ultimately from Sinhalese කන්ද (kanda, “a mountain”).

## Easily confused with
- **kay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kay)
- **kind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kind)
- **Kane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kane)
- **Katy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-katy)
- **kang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kang)
- **kano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kano)
- **Kant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kant)
- **kinda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kinda)
- **kinds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kinds)
- **Kenny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kenny)
- **Kanye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kanye)
- **Kathy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kathy)
- **kinky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kinky)
- **kanji** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kanji)
- **Kasey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kasey)
- **Kondo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kondo)
- **kindly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kindly)
- **kan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kan-vs-kandy)
- **kana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kana-vs-kandy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`akndy`, `kadny`, `kanddy`, `kandyy`, `kanndy`, `kanyd`, `kkandy`, `knady`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kandy