Kobayashi
"kobayashi" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kobayashi” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,464. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,464
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kobayashi · Kobayashi · English
Kobayashi · rank #32,464 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,464
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kitchener
Nearest frequency peer: Kitchener (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Kobayashi”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- journeyman
journeyman
67,541 corpus weight
- Kandahar
Kandahar
67,540 corpus weight
- Kitchener
Kitchener
67,538 corpus weight
- Kobayashi
Kobayashi
67,537 corpus weight
- Kuwaiti
Kuwaiti
67,534 corpus weight
- kwan
kwan
67,533 corpus weight
What this shows “Kobayashi” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kobayashi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Kobayashi”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Kobayashi, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,464 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Japanese.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kobayashi, with forms such as "kboayashi", "kkobayashi", and "koabyashi". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 小林 (Kobayashi). The correct English form is Kobayashi, spelled K-O-B-A-Y-A-S-H-I.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 小林 (Kobayashi).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kboayashi
- kkobayashi
- koabyashi
- kobaayshi
- kobayahsi
- kobayashhi
- kobayasih
- kobayasshi
- kobaysahi
- kobayyashi
- kobbayashi
- kobyaashi
- okbayashi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kobayashi - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kobayashi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).