Kathmandu
/ˌkæt.mænˈduː/
"kathmandu" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kathmandu” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,445. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,445
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The capital city of Nepal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kathmandu |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌkæt.mænˈduː/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kathmandu” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Kathmandu (IPA /ˌkæt.mænˈduː/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,445 among 9,255 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The capital city of Nepal.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kathmandu, with forms such as "akthmandu", "kahtmandu", and "kathamndu". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Nepali काठमाडौं (kāṭhmāḍa͠u), from Sanskrit काष्ठमण्डप (kāṣṭhamaṇḍapa), from काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood”) + मण्डप (maṇḍapa, “pavilion”). The correct English form is Kathmandu, spelled K-A-T-H-M-A-N-D-U.
Definition
- 1The capital city of Nepal.
Etymology
From Nepali काठमाडौं (kāṭhmāḍa͠u), from Sanskrit काष्ठमण्डप (kāṣṭhamaṇḍapa), from काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood”) + मण्डप (maṇḍapa, “pavilion”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akthmandu
- kahtmandu
- kathamndu
- kathhmandu
- kathmadnu
- kathmanddu
- kathmanndu
- kathmanud
- kathmmandu
- kathmnadu
- katmhandu
- katthmandu
- kkathmandu
- ktahmandu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kathmandu - 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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Using “Kathmandu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-A-T-H-M-A-N-D-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌkæt.mænˈduː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.