Kii
"kii" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kii” is uncommon English (frequency #87,454 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,454
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A former province of Japan, in the part of Honshu that is today Wakayama Prefecture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kii · Kii · English
Kii · rank #87,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,454
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kickapoo
Nearest frequency peer: Kickapoo (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Kii”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kho
Kho
12,550 corpus weight
- Kickapoo
Kickapoo
12,548 corpus weight
- Kii
Kii
12,547 corpus weight
- kimberlite
kimberlite
12,546 corpus weight
- Kincardine
Kincardine
12,545 corpus weight
- Kintyre
Kintyre
12,543 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kii” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kii |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #87,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kii” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kii is uncommon English at frequency #87,454 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A former province of Japan, in the part of Honshu that is today Wakayama Prefecture.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kii, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 紀伊 (Kii). The correct English form is Kii, spelled K-I-I.
Definition
- 1A former province of Japan, in the part of Honshu that is today Wakayama Prefecture.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 紀伊 (Kii).
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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