Khost
"khost" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Khost” is uncommon English (frequency #89,520 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,520
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The capital city of Khost Province, Afghanistan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-khost · Khost · English
Khost · rank #89,520 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,520
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Kerrville
Nearest frequency peer: Kerrville (-1 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 “Khost”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kazakhstani
Kazakhstani
10,485 corpus weight
- Kelman
Kelman
10,483 corpus weight
- Kerrville
Kerrville
10,482 corpus weight
- Khost
Khost
10,481 corpus weight
- Kingdon
Kingdon
10,480 corpus weight
- kittle
kittle
10,477 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Khost” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Khost |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Khost” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Khost is uncommon English at frequency #89,520 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Khost in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Khost, spelled K-H-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1The capital city of Khost Province, Afghanistan.
- 2A province of Afghanistan.
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 5 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.