kismet
/ˈkɪz.mɛt/
"kismet" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kismet” is uncommon English (frequency #65,239 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,239
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kismet · kismet · English
kismet · rank #65,239 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,239
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH kitsune
Nearest frequency peer: kitsune (+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 “kismet”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kennebec
Kennebec
34,767 corpus weight
- kipper
kipper
34,764 corpus weight
- kismet
kismet
34,762 corpus weight
- kitsune
kitsune
34,761 corpus weight
- kneeled
kneeled
34,760 corpus weight
- Komi
Komi
34,758 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kismet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kismet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɪz.mɛt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kismet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kismet is uncommon English at frequency #65,239 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɪz.mɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.".
kismet has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ottoman Turkish قسمت (kısmet, “fate, destiny”) (Turkish kısmet), from Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma, “division, lot, destiny”). The correct English form is kismet, spelled K-I-S-M-E-T.
Definition
- 1Fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kismet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But these things are kismet, and we only find out all about them just when any knowledge is too late.
"Golly!" he cried. "I'm awfully sorry, Bo'sun, but you're It. You're luck's clean out to-day. What rotten Kismet you do have. The Lot fell on you all right, smack in the middle of your chest."
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قسمت (kısmet, “fate, destiny”) (Turkish kısmet), from Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma, “division, lot, destiny”).
This word in other languages
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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