kext
/kɛkst/noun
kext is spelled K-E-X-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kext means “A loadable extension to the kernel of the macOS operating system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kext is kexts.
How many letters and syllables are in kext?
| Letters | 4: K-E-X-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 kext?
Kext appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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 kext?
- US /kɛkst/
- Australia /kekst/
- /kɛksʈ/
Kext has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with kext?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as kext from its last stressed vowel (/ɛkst/):
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 kext
- kexts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kext mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A loadable extension to the kernel of the macOS operating system.
Near-synonym: LKM
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kext come from?
Abbreviation of kernel extension.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).