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kell

/kɛl/noun

kell is spelled K-E-L-L: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kell means “Alternative spelling of kale (“broth”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kell is kells.

How many letters and syllables are in kell?

Letters4: K-E-L-L
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is kell?

Kell appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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 kell?

  • /kɛl/

Kell 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)-Vealhurl-kell.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with kell

Also written: kale.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of kell

  • kells plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does kell mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of kale (“broth”).

  2. 2

    obsoleteThe caul (membrane)

  3. 3

    obsoleteThat which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film.

  4. 4

    obsoleteThe cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.

  5. 5

    obsoleteA kiln.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does kell come from?

Compare caul.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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