kickball
"kickball" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kickball” is uncommon English (frequency #63,737 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,737
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sport similar to baseball, where a ball similar to a soccer ball, is pitched at a kicker, and is kicked rather than hit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kickball |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kickball” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kickball is uncommon English at frequency #63,737 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kickball, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From kick + ball. The correct English form is kickball, spelled K-I-C-K-B-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1A sport similar to baseball, where a ball similar to a soccer ball, is pitched at a kicker, and is kicked rather than hit.
- 2The ball used in the above sport.
Etymology
From kick + ball.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “kickball”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-I-C-K-B-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.