Keds
"keds" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Keds” is uncommon English (frequency #92,764 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,764
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plimsolls (canvas shoes with rubber soles) of the American brand Keds.
Corpus desk
Index EN-keds · Keds · English
Keds · rank #92,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,764
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kedar
Nearest frequency peer: Kedar (-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 “Keds”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- kasha
kasha
7,243 corpus weight
- Kattegat
Kattegat
7,242 corpus weight
- Kedar
Kedar
7,238 corpus weight
- Keds
Keds
7,237 corpus weight
- Kelce
Kelce
7,236 corpus weight
- Khalili
Khalili
7,232 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Keds” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Keds |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #92,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Keds” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Keds is uncommon English at frequency #92,764 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plimsolls (canvas shoes with rubber soles) of the American brand Keds.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Keds, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Modified from Peds (the name initially chosen for the brand, which was already trademarked), from Latin pedēs (“feet”), plural of pēs (“foot”). The correct English form is Keds, spelled K-E-D-S.
Definition
- 1Plimsolls (canvas shoes with rubber soles) of the American brand Keds.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Keds appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now for any mid-century boy worth his Keds, mastery of the pea-shooter was a skill on a par with tree fort construction, delivering a satisfactory nuggy, and frying ants with sunshine and a magnifying glass.
Once far from the flooding light, Caleb pulled up short, and her Keds skidded out from under her on the damp pavement.
Etymology
Modified from Peds (the name initially chosen for the brand, which was already trademarked), from Latin pedēs (“feet”), plural of pēs (“foot”).
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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