# KGB

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #19,629

## Definitions
1. The Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service).
2. The security service of Belarus.

## Etymology
From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”).

## Easily confused with
- **kI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-ki)
- **ky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-ky)
- **ko** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-ko)
- **Ku** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-ku)
- **KS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-ks)
- **KT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kt)
- **kk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kk)
- **KL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kl)
- **KP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kp)
- **KJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kj)
- **kid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kid)
- **Kim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kim)
- **kit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kit)
- **kin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kin)
- **KIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kia)
- **kun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kun)
- **KKK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kkk)
- **Koh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-koh)
- **KMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-kms)
- **koi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kgb-vs-koi)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kgb