Konya
/ˈkoʊnjə/
"konya" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Konya” is uncommon English (frequency #89,529 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,529
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.
Corpus desk
Index EN-konya · Konya · English
Konya · rank #89,529 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,529
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 “Konya”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- Kuntz
Kuntz
10,467 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Konya” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Konya |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkoʊnjə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,529 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Konya” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Konya is uncommon English at frequency #89,529 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkoʊnjə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Konya, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Turkish Konya and Ottoman Turkish قونیه (Konya), from Byzantine Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from an Ancient Greek adaptation of Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana. Doublet of Iconium. The correct English form is Konya, spelled K-O-N-Y-A.
Definition
- 1A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.
- 2A city, the capital of Konya Province, Turkey.
Etymology
From Turkish Konya and Ottoman Turkish قونیه (Konya), from Byzantine Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from an Ancient Greek adaptation of Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana. Doublet of Iconium.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 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.