kaya
/ˈkaɪə/noun
kaya is spelled K-A-Y-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kaya means “Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kaya is kayas.
How many letters and syllables are in kaya?
| Letters | 4: K-A-Y-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,418th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 kaya?
Kaya appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th 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 kaya?
- US /ˈkaɪə/
- US /ˈkɑjə/
As a noun (“A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and…”): /ˈkɑjɑ/, /-ə/, [ˈkʰ-].
Kaya has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with kaya?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as kaya from its last stressed vowel (/aɪə/):
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 kaya
- kayas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kaya mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
- 2
Torreya grandis, the Chinese nutmeg yew.
- 3
A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar, popular in Southeast Asia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kaya come from?
From Japanese 榧 (カヤ, kaya).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).