kitschy
/ˈkɪt͡ʃi/
"kitschy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kitschy” is uncommon English (frequency #74,231 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,231
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kitschy · kitschy · English
kitschy · rank #74,231 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,231
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kling
Nearest frequency peer: Kling (+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 “kitschy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- khadi
khadi
25,774 corpus weight
- kier
kier
25,772 corpus weight
- kitschy
kitschy
25,770 corpus weight
- Kling
Kling
25,769 corpus weight
- Kolbe
Kolbe
25,766 corpus weight
- kookaburra
kookaburra
25,764 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kitschy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kitschy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɪt͡ʃi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,231 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kitschy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kitschy is uncommon English at frequency #74,231 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkɪt͡ʃi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kitschy, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From kitsch + -y. Compare German kitschig (“kitschy”). The correct English form is kitschy, spelled K-I-T-S-C-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Having the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kitschy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This is what his admirers go for: the gravelly grain of his film stock, the crowded monochrome of his compositions (the new film is mostly in black-and-white, with kitschy spasms of color), and the way in which light bounces and breathes from the faces of his players.
Hamilton said that his work looked for the “candour of a lost paradise”, and was most famous for his kitschy calendars of young girls and his soft-focus erotic films including “Bilitis” from 1977.
Etymology
From kitsch + -y. Compare German kitschig (“kitschy”).
Synonyms
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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