kersey
/ˈkɜːzi/
"kersey" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kersey” is uncommon English (frequency #70,805 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,805
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of rough woollen cloth.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kersey · kersey · English
kersey · rank #70,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,805
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Khoury
Nearest frequency peer: Khoury (+2 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 “kersey”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Jurong
Jurong
29,203 corpus weight
- keirin
keirin
29,199 corpus weight
- kersey
kersey
29,196 corpus weight
- Khoury
Khoury
29,194 corpus weight
- kickstand
kickstand
29,193 corpus weight
- Kishan
Kishan
29,191 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kersey” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kersey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɜːzi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kersey” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kersey is uncommon English at frequency #70,805 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɜːzi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of rough woollen cloth.".
kersey doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English kersey, perhaps from the village of Kersey in Suffolk, England, UK, in the region where the cloth was made. The correct English form is kersey, spelled K-E-R-S-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A type of rough woollen cloth.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kersey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hencefoorth my wooing minde ſhalbe expreſt / In ruſſet yeas, and honeſt kerſie noes.
[T]here was a Report, that one of our Ships having by Stealth delivered her Cargo, among which was ſome Bales of Engliſh Cloth, Cotton, Kerſyes, and ſuch like Goods, the Spaniards cauſed all the Goods to be burnt, and puniſhed the Men with Death who were concern'd in carrying them on Shore.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kersey, perhaps from the village of Kersey in Suffolk, England, UK, in the region where the cloth was made.
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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