klebsiella
"klebsiella" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“klebsiella” is uncommon English (frequency #89,527 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,527
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the genus Klebsiella of rod-shaped bacteria, which cause many diseases in humans.
Corpus desk
Index EN-klebsiella · klebsiella · English
klebsiella · rank #89,527 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,527
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Kocher
Nearest frequency peer: Kocher (+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 “klebsiella”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kingdon
Kingdon
10,480 corpus weight
- kittle
kittle
10,477 corpus weight
- klebsiella
klebsiella
10,474 corpus weight
- Kocher
Kocher
10,473 corpus weight
- Konya
Konya
10,472 corpus weight
- kugel
kugel
10,469 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “klebsiella” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | klebsiella |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “klebsiella” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
klebsiella is uncommon English at frequency #89,527 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the genus Klebsiella of rod-shaped bacteria, which cause many diseases in humans.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for klebsiella, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the genus name. The correct English form is klebsiella, spelled K-L-E-B-S-I-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Any of the genus Klebsiella of rod-shaped bacteria, which cause many diseases in humans.
Etymology
From the genus name.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 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.