kmph
"kmph" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kmph” is uncommon English (frequency #97,204 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,204
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of kilometers per hour.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kmph · kmph · English
kmph · rank #97,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,204
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kitagawa
Nearest frequency peer: Kitagawa (-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 “kmph”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- kiloton
kiloton
2,802 corpus weight
- kindergartn…
kindergartner
2,801 corpus weight
- Kitagawa
Kitagawa
2,798 corpus weight
- kmph
kmph
2,797 corpus weight
- Kovach
Kovach
2,793 corpus weight
- Kovacic
Kovacic
2,792 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kmph” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kmph |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kmph” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kmph is uncommon English at frequency #97,204 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abbreviation of kilometers per hour.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kmph, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From kilometers + per + hour. The correct English form is kmph, spelled K-M-P-H.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of kilometers per hour.
Etymology
From kilometers + per + hour.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).