khedive
/kəˈdiːv/
"khedive" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“khedive” is uncommon English (frequency #95,034 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,034
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.
Corpus desk
Index EN-khedive · khedive · English
khedive · rank #95,034 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,034
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Kidwell
Nearest frequency peer: Kidwell (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “khedive”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kaiserslaut…
Kaiserslautern
4,973 corpus weight
- khedive
khedive
4,967 corpus weight
- Kidwell
Kidwell
4,965 corpus weight
- Kimpton
Kimpton
4,964 corpus weight
- Kinley
Kinley
4,962 corpus weight
- kirtan
kirtan
4,961 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “khedive” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | khedive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈdiːv/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “khedive” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
khedive is uncommon English at frequency #95,034 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈdiːv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for khedive, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French khédive, from Ottoman Turkish خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv), from Persian خدیو (xadêw, xedêw, “lord, master, king”), from Bactrian χοαδηο (khoadēo, “lord”). The correct English form is khedive, spelled K-H-E-D-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.
Etymology
From French khédive, from Ottoman Turkish خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv), from Persian خدیو (xadêw, xedêw, “lord, master, king”), from Bactrian χοαδηο (khoadēo, “lord”).
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency 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.