kasha
/ˈkɑʃə/
"kasha" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kasha” is uncommon English (frequency #92,758 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,758
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kasha · kasha · English
kasha · rank #92,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,758
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kattegat
Nearest frequency peer: Kattegat (+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 “kasha”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- JQ
JQ
7,249 corpus weight
- juco
juco
7,248 corpus weight
- Kadar
Kadar
7,246 corpus weight
- kasha
kasha
7,243 corpus weight
- Kattegat
Kattegat
7,242 corpus weight
- Kedar
Kedar
7,238 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kasha” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kasha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑʃə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kasha” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kasha is uncommon English at frequency #92,758 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɑʃə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kasha, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Russian ка́ша (káša, “porridge, gruel”) or Yiddish קאַשע (kashe). In Slavic languages, the term has the general meaning of groats or porridge of whatever source, but in Yiddish it became restricted to buckwheat. The correct English form is kasha, spelled K-A-S-H-A.
Definition
- 1A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kasha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some cooks add nuts as well, and I like the way their flavor complements that of the kasha and the browned onions.
Kristina Pankofska, a Polish exile whom Anna Petrovna paid a gold rouble a month to clean and help, arrived with a pail of hot kasha and two new eggs.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian ка́ша (káša, “porridge, gruel”) or Yiddish קאַשע (kashe). In Slavic languages, the term has the general meaning of groats or porridge of whatever source, but in Yiddish it became restricted to buckwheat.
This word in other languages
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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