Kiswahili
"kiswahili" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kiswahili” is uncommon English (frequency #90,626 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,626
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kiswahili · Kiswahili · English
Kiswahili · rank #90,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,626
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Kitto
Nearest frequency peer: Kitto (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kiswahili”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Keneally
Keneally
9,381 corpus weight
- Khas
Khas
9,380 corpus weight
- kibosh
kibosh
9,379 corpus weight
- Kiswahili
Kiswahili
9,375 corpus weight
- Kitto
Kitto
9,374 corpus weight
- kluge
kluge
9,373 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kiswahili” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kiswahili |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kiswahili” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kiswahili is uncommon English at frequency #90,626 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kiswahili, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Swahili Kiswahili. The correct English form is Kiswahili, spelled K-I-S-W-A-H-I-L-I.
Definition
- 1Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili Kiswahili.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kiswahili", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.