kine
/kaɪn/
"kine" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kine” is an uncommon English word, ranked #83,418 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #83,418
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of cow
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kaɪn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #83,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kine” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for kine is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kaɪn/. Corpus data places it at rank #83,418 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of cow".
Zero misspellings are on record for kine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English kyn, kyne, equivalent to ky + -en (plural ending), a double plural. The correct English form is kine, spelled K-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1plural of cow
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kyn, kyne, equivalent to ky + -en (plural ending), a double plural.
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 “kine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kaɪn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.