kha

noun

"kha" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“kha” is uncommon English (frequency #53,646 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,646
frequency rank, English
9,255
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The name of the Cyrillic script letter Х / х.

Key facts for kha
PropertyValue
Headwordkha
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#53,646
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “kha” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). kha lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kha is uncommon English at frequency #53,646 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The name of the Cyrillic script letter Х / х.".

kha doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Russian ха (xa). The correct English form is kha, spelled K-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    The name of the Cyrillic script letter Х / х.

Etymology

From Russian ха (xa).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kha"?
"kha" is spelled K-H-A.
What does "kha" mean?
As a noun, "kha" means: The name of the Cyrillic script letter Х / х.
What is the origin of the word "kha"?
From Russian ха (xa). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “kha”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is K-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list