Kohen Gadol

noun

"kohen-gadol" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Kohen Gadol” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The high priest.

Corpus desk

Index EN-kohen-gadol · Kohen Gadol · English

Kohen Gadol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "K" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Kohen Gadol
PropertyValue
HeadwordKohen Gadol
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Kohen Gadol” in English

Kohen Gadolsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kohen Gadol is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The high priest.".

Kohen Gadol doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew כהן גדול. The correct English form is Kohen Gadol, spelled K-O-H-E-N- -G-A-D-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    The high priest.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Kohen Gadol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. This utterance was originally a response by the people when they heard the Tetragrammaton from the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) on Yom Kippur and every day on Birkat Kohanim.

Etymology

From Hebrew כהן גדול.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kohen Gadol"?
"Kohen Gadol" is spelled K-O-H-E-N- -G-A-D-O-L.
What does "Kohen Gadol" mean?
As a noun, "Kohen Gadol" means: The high priest.
What is the origin of the word "Kohen Gadol"?
From Hebrew כהן גדול. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list