kazoo
/kəˈzuː/
"kazoo" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kazoo” is uncommon English (frequency #63,020 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,020
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kazoo · kazoo · English
kazoo · rank #63,020 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,020
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kashgar
Nearest frequency peer: Kashgar (-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 “kazoo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Karine
Karine
36,984 corpus weight
- Karlie
Karlie
36,983 corpus weight
- Kashgar
Kashgar
36,982 corpus weight
- kazoo
kazoo
36,981 corpus weight
- kbps
kbps
36,980 corpus weight
- Kenley
Kenley
36,978 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kazoo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kazoo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈzuː/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kazoo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kazoo is uncommon English at frequency #63,020 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈzuː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
kazoo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably onomatopoeic. The correct English form is kazoo, spelled K-A-Z-O-O.
Definition
- 1A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.
- 2Synonym of keister.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kazoo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In fact, you can't scratch yourself without getting a bellybutton up the old kazoo there.
Etymology
Probably onomatopoeic.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).