kereru
/ˈkɛɹəɹuː/
"kereru" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kereru” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The New Zealand pigeon (species Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae).
Corpus desk
Index EN-kereru · kereru · English
kereru · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kereru |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɛɹəɹuː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kereru” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kereru is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɛɹəɹuː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The New Zealand pigeon (species Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae).".
Zero misspellings are on record for kereru in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Māori kererū. The correct English form is kereru, spelled K-E-R-E-R-U.
Definition
- 1The New Zealand pigeon (species Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae).
Etymology
Borrowed from Māori kererū.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.