Kate
/keɪt/
"kate" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kate” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,027
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related names, also used as a formal given name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kate · Kate · English
Kate · rank #4,027 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,027
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH kills
Nearest frequency peer: kills (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Kate”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- indicated
indicated
95,978 corpus weight
- instant
instant
95,977 corpus weight
- Kate
Kate
95,974 corpus weight
- kills
kills
95,973 corpus weight
- liberty
liberty
95,972 corpus weight
- Maria
Maria
95,970 corpus weight
What this shows “Kate” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /keɪt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Kate”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Kate (IPA /keɪt/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,027 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related names, also used as a formal given name.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kate, with forms such as "akte", "kaet", and "katte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ke", "KT", "kit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Kate, spelled K-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related names, also used as a formal given name.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pet[ruchio]. […] Enter Katerina. / Good morrow Kate, for thats your name I heare. Kate. Well haue you heard, but ſomething hard of hearing: / They call me Katerine, that do talke of me. Pet. You lye infaith, for you are call'd plaine Kate, / And bony Kate, and ſometimes Kate the curſt: / But Kate, the prettieſt Kate in Chriſtendome, / Kate of Kate-hall, m…
A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akte
- kaet
- katte
- kkate
- ktae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kate - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).