kinda
/ˈkaɪndə/adverb, contraction, interjection, noun
kinda is spelled K-I-N-D-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, kinda means “Kind of; somewhat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in kinda?
| Letters | 5: K-I-N-D-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 39 times per million words; the 2,523rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is kinda?
Kinda appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kinda?
- US /ˈkaɪndə/
- /ˈkaɪnə/
As a noun (“A subspecies of baboon, Papio cynocephalus kindae…”): /ˈkɪndə/.
Kinda has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-kinda.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-JutishMale-kinda_(n,_subspecies_of_baboon).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with kinda
Also written: kinder.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with kinda?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kinda (/aɪndə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: kadin.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of kinda
- kinder
- kindsa plural
- kindas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kinda mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
colloquialKind of; somewhat.
I kinda hafta do this right now.
interjection
- 1
Yes in some respects but no in other respects.
"Are you afraid of a little bit of rain?" "Kinda, yeah."
noun
- 1
A subspecies of baboon, Papio cynocephalus kindae, primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania.
contraction
- 1
colloquialContraction of kind + of.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kinda come from?
Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).