kas
"kas" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kas” is uncommon English (frequency #58,132 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,132
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A kind of large cupboard or wardrobe of Dutch origin, popular in the Netherlands and America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kas · kas · English
kas · rank #58,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,132
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kachin
Nearest frequency peer: Kachin (-4 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 “kas”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- judiciously
judiciously
41,875 corpus weight
- junky
junky
41,874 corpus weight
- Kachin
Kachin
41,873 corpus weight
- kas
kas
41,869 corpus weight
- Kilts
Kilts
41,865 corpus weight
- kinematic
kinematic
41,864 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kas” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #58,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kas” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kas is uncommon English at frequency #58,132 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A kind of large cupboard or wardrobe of Dutch origin, popular in the Netherlands and America in the 17th and 18th centuries.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kas, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Dutch kas (“cupboard, chest, case”), from Middle Dutch kasse, casse, from Old French casse, from Latin capsa (“box, chest, case”). The correct English form is kas, spelled K-A-S.
Definition
- 1A kind of large cupboard or wardrobe of Dutch origin, popular in the Netherlands and America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kas (“cupboard, chest, case”), from Middle Dutch kasse, casse, from Old French casse, from Latin capsa (“box, chest, case”).
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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