Kitamura
"kitamura" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kitamura” is uncommon English (frequency #84,433 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,433
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kitamura · Kitamura · English
Kitamura · rank #84,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,433
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH kinfolk
Nearest frequency peer: kinfolk (-3 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 “Kitamura”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- kayaker
kayaker
15,576 corpus weight
- Kherson
Kherson
15,575 corpus weight
- kinfolk
kinfolk
15,571 corpus weight
- Kitamura
Kitamura
15,568 corpus weight
- Kort
Kort
15,565 corpus weight
- lade
lade
15,557 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kitamura” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kitamura |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kitamura” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kitamura is uncommon English at frequency #84,433 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Japanese.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kitamura in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 北村 (Kitamura). The correct English form is Kitamura, spelled K-I-T-A-M-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 北村 (Kitamura).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).