kea
/ˈkiːə/noun
kea is spelled K-E-A: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kea means “Nestor notabilis, a parrot of New Zealand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kea is keas.
How many letters and syllables are in kea?
| Letters | 3: K-E-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 kea?
Kea appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 kea?
- /ˈkiːə/
- /ˈkeɪə/
- /kɪə/
Kea has one syllable (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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pohewatanga-kea_(New_Zealand_bird).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-kea.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with kea?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kea.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ake.
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 kea
- keas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kea mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Nestor notabilis, a parrot of New Zealand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kea in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Nestor notabilis:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | kéa |
| German | Kea |
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 kea come from?
Borrowed from Māori kea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).