khel
"khel" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“khel” is uncommon English (frequency #75,115 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,115
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Pashtun subtribe.
Corpus desk
Index EN-khel · khel · English
khel · rank #75,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,115
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Kempe
Nearest frequency peer: Kempe (-4 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 “khel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kaguya
Kaguya
24,892 corpus weight
- kame
kame
24,891 corpus weight
- Kempe
Kempe
24,890 corpus weight
- khel
khel
24,886 corpus weight
- killah
killah
24,882 corpus weight
- Kinabalu
Kinabalu
24,881 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “khel” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | khel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #75,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “khel” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
khel is uncommon English at frequency #75,115 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Pashtun subtribe.".
khel has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Pashto خیل. The correct English form is khel, spelled K-H-E-L.
Definition
- 1A Pashtun subtribe.
Etymology
From Pashto خیل.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "khel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 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.