kesa
noun
kesa is spelled K-E-S-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kesa means “A robe worn by Buddhist monks and nuns” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kesa is kesas.
How many letters and syllables are in kesa?
| Letters | 4: K-E-S-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is kesa?
Kesa appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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).
What rhymes with kesa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kesa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sake.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of kesa
- kesas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kesa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A robe worn by Buddhist monks and nuns.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kesa come from?
From Japanese 袈裟 (けさ, kesa), from Middle Chinese 袈裟 (kˠa ʃˠa), from Sanskrit काषाय (kāṣāya).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).