kha

noun

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

The verdict

“kha” is uncommon English (frequency #53,646 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,646
frequency rank, English
1,236
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The name of the Cyrillic script letter Х / х.

Corpus desk

Index EN-kha · kha · English

kha · rank #53,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,646
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,236
  • PHOTO-FINISH kendo

Nearest frequency peer: kendo (-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 “kha”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “kha” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kha
PropertyValue
Headwordkha
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#53,646
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “kha” in English

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “kendo” (#53,644), “Katowice” (#53,642), “knockoff” (#53,650). Among 1,236 “K” headwords, “kha” is #53,646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kha is uncommon English at frequency #53,646 among 1,236 “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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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kha", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jes#53,633IAF#53,614mhm#53,699MPP#53,717

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list