Kenmare
"kenmare" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kenmare” is uncommon English (frequency #96,120 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,120
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town in County Kerry, Ireland (Irish grid ref V9071).
Corpus desk
Index EN-kenmare · Kenmare · English
Kenmare · rank #96,120 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,120
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Kerbs
Nearest frequency peer: Kerbs (+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 neighbourhood for “Kenmare”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kawashima
Kawashima
3,883 corpus weight
- Kenmare
Kenmare
3,881 corpus weight
- Kerbs
Kerbs
3,880 corpus weight
- khor
khor
3,879 corpus weight
- kiang
kiang
3,876 corpus weight
- kielbasa
kielbasa
3,875 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kenmare” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kenmare |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kenmare” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kenmare is uncommon English at frequency #96,120 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Kenmare doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Kenmore. The correct English form is Kenmare, spelled K-E-N-M-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1A town in County Kerry, Ireland (Irish grid ref V9071).
- 2A small city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.
- 3A locality in the Shire of Hindmarsh, western Victoria, Australia.
Etymology
Variant of Kenmore.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kenmare", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.