kathoey
ka·thoey/kæˈtɔɪ/noun
kathoey is spelled K-A-T-H-O-E-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables (ka·thoey). It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kathoey means “A feminine or effeminate transgender person or person of a third gender assigned male at birth from Cambodia, Laos, or Thailand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kathoey is kathoeys.
How many letters and syllables are in kathoey?
| Letters | 7: K-A-T-H-O-E-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ka·thoey |
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is kathoey?
Kathoey appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kathoey?
- US /kæˈtɔɪ/
Kathoey has 2 syllables, split ka·thoey in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-kathoey.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with kathoey?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as kathoey from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɪ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of kathoey
- kathoeys plural
- katoey
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kathoey mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A feminine or effeminate transgender person or person of a third gender assigned male at birth from Cambodia, Laos, or Thailand.
- 2
A effeminate gay man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kathoey in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense transfeminine preson – see also ladyboy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | katoï |
| German | Katoey |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does kathoey come from?
Borrowed from Thai กะเทย (gà-təəi), from Khmer ខ្ទើយ (khtəəy), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɡɗəəj.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).