KDA
"kda" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“KDA” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34,946) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #34,946
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of Kills Deaths Assists, a ratio used by MOBA players to evaluate their in-game performance. Used in a similar manner to the kill-death ratio.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kda · KDA · English
KDA · rank #34,946 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,946
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kettering
Nearest frequency peer: Kettering (+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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “KDA”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- interpolati…
interpolation
65,060 corpus weight
- ischemia
ischemia
65,059 corpus weight
- Jena
Jena
65,057 corpus weight
- KDA
KDA
65,055 corpus weight
- Kettering
Kettering
65,054 corpus weight
- Kohl
Kohl
65,051 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “KDA” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | KDA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #34,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “KDA”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for KDA is neighbouring look-alikes ("kI", "ky", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #34,946 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Gloss: "Abbreviation of Kills Deaths Assists, a ratio used by MOBA players to evaluate their in-game performance. Used in a similar manner to the kill-death ratio.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for KDA, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kI", "ky", "ko", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From kills, deaths, assists The correct English form is KDA, spelled K-D-A.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of Kills Deaths Assists, a ratio used by MOBA players to evaluate their in-game performance. Used in a similar manner to the kill-death ratio.
Etymology
From kills, deaths, assists
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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