kira
noun
kira is spelled K-I-R-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Kira, the name). As a noun, kira means “An ankle-length dress traditionally worn by women in Bhutan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kira is kiras.
How many letters and syllables are in kira?
| Letters | 4: K-I-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd 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 kira?
Kira appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Kira, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kira?
Kira 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).
What rhymes with kira?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kira.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: raki, krai.
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 kira
- kiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kira mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An ankle-length dress traditionally worn by women in Bhutan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kira come from?
Borrowed from Dzongkha དཀྱི་ར (dkyi ra).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).