Kayleigh
/ˈkeɪli/
"kayleigh" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kayleigh” is uncommon English (frequency #53,046 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,046
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kayleigh · Kayleigh · English
Kayleigh · rank #53,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,046
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH karo
Nearest frequency peer: karo (-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 “Kayleigh”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Jutland
Jutland
46,959 corpus weight
- Karna
Karna
46,957 corpus weight
- karo
karo
46,956 corpus weight
- Kayleigh
Kayleigh
46,955 corpus weight
- Kiribati
Kiribati
46,953 corpus weight
- knave
knave
46,951 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kayleigh” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kayleigh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkeɪli/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kayleigh” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kayleigh is uncommon English at frequency #53,046 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkeɪli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kayleigh in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Kayleigh, spelled K-A-Y-L-E-I-G-H.
Definition
- 1A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee.
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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