kookaburra
/ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/
"kookaburra" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kookaburra” is uncommon English (frequency #74,237 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,237
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kookaburra · kookaburra · English
kookaburra · rank #74,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,237
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH kopi
Nearest frequency peer: kopi (+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 “kookaburra”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kolbe
Kolbe
25,766 corpus weight
- kookaburra
kookaburra
25,764 corpus weight
- kopi
kopi
25,763 corpus weight
- kori
kori
25,762 corpus weight
- Kosciusko
Kosciusko
25,761 corpus weight
- krab
krab
25,760 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “kookaburra” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kookaburra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kookaburra” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kookaburra is uncommon English at frequency #74,237 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo.".
Zero misspellings are on record for kookaburra in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Wiradjuri guuguubarra (“laughing kookaburra”). The correct English form is kookaburra, spelled K-O-O-K-A-B-U-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo.
Etymology
Borrowed from Wiradjuri guuguubarra (“laughing kookaburra”).
This word in other languages
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.