kith
/kɪθ/
"kith" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kith” is uncommon English (frequency #62,258 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,258
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Friends and acquaintances.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kith · kith · English
kith · rank #62,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,258
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kiley
Nearest frequency peer: Kiley (-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 “kith”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kieron
Kieron
37,746 corpus weight
- Kilauea
Kilauea
37,745 corpus weight
- Kiley
Kiley
37,744 corpus weight
- kith
kith
37,743 corpus weight
- Koreas
Koreas
37,741 corpus weight
- kronor
kronor
37,740 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kith” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kith |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɪθ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kith” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kith is uncommon English at frequency #62,258 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɪθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
kith has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English kitthe (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“… The correct English form is kith, spelled K-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1Friends and acquaintances.
- 2An acquaintance or a friend.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kith appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alack, would that Edward listened more to me and less to the queen’s kith! These Woodvilles!
The demography-crossing thing that undergirds this election year, I think, is a strong, broad desire to punish Clinton and his kith with a denial of further power.
Etymology
From Middle English kitthe (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th.
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).