Kankakee
/kæŋkəˈki/
"kankakee" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kankakee” is uncommon English (frequency #58,788 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,788
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kankakee · Kankakee · English
Kankakee · rank #58,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,788
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kaohsiung
Nearest frequency peer: Kaohsiung (+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 “Kankakee”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- jiggling
jiggling
41,218 corpus weight
- Jost
Jost
41,216 corpus weight
- Kankakee
Kankakee
41,213 corpus weight
- Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
41,212 corpus weight
- Kash
Kash
41,210 corpus weight
- keke
keke
41,209 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kankakee” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kankakee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kæŋkəˈki/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kankakee” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kankakee is uncommon English at frequency #58,788 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /kæŋkəˈki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kankakee in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Kankakee, spelled K-A-N-K-A-K-E-E.
Definition
- 1A city, the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.
- 2An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States.
- 3A river, the Kankakee River in Indiana and Illinois, which is a tributary of the Illinois River.
- 4Three townships in the United States, in Illinois (1) and Indiana (2), listed under Kankakee Township.
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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