kingdom
/ˈkɪŋdəm/
"kingdom" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kingdom” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,394 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,394
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɪŋdəm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kingdom” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for kingdom is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɪŋdəm/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,394 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for kingdom, with forms such as "ikngdom", "kigndom", and "kindgom". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English kingdom, kyngdom, from Old English cyningdōm from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz, equivalent to king + -dom. Cognate with Scots kingdom, West Frisian keuningdom, Dutch koningdom, German Königtum, Danish kongedømme, Swedish kungadöme, and I… The correct English form is kingdom, spelled K-I-N-G-D-O-M.
Definition
- 1A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
- 2A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- 3A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
Etymology
From Middle English kingdom, kyngdom, from Old English cyningdōm from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz, equivalent to king + -dom. Cognate with Scots kingdom, West Frisian keuningdom, Dutch koningdom, German Königtum, Danish kongedømme, Swedish kungadöme, and Icelandic konungdómur. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz Proto-West Germanic *kuningadōm Old English cyningdōm Middle English kingdom English kingdom
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ikngdom,kigndom,kindgom,kingddom,kingdmo,kingdomm,kinggdom,kingodm,kinngdom,kkingdom,knigdom
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kingdom - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “kingdom”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-I-N-G-D-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɪŋdəm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.