Klamath
/ˈklæməθ/
"klamath" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Klamath” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,225
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any member of a Native American tribe formerly living along the Klamath River in California and Oregon.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Klamath |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklæməθ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Klamath” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Klamath (IPA /ˈklæməθ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,225 among 9,255 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any member of a Native American tribe formerly living along the Klamath River in California and Oregon.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Klamath, with forms such as "kalmath", "kklamath", and "klaamth". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Chinook Jargon Tlamatl (“either "swiftness" or "they of the river"”), with the first syllable's onset consonant cluster dissimilated and the coda of the second syllable changed to the somewhat similar-sounding interdental fricative during the process o… The correct English form is Klamath, spelled K-L-A-M-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1Any member of a Native American tribe formerly living along the Klamath River in California and Oregon.
Etymology
From Chinook Jargon Tlamatl (“either "swiftness" or "they of the river"”), with the first syllable's onset consonant cluster dissimilated and the coda of the second syllable changed to the somewhat similar-sounding interdental fricative during the process of anglicization.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kalmath
- kklamath
- klaamth
- klamaht
- klamathh
- klamatth
- klammath
- klamtah
- kllamath
- klmaath
- lkamath
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Klamath - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Klamath”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-L-A-M-A-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈklæməθ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.