kori
"kori" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kori” is uncommon English (frequency #74,239 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,239
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The monetary unit of Kutch prior to 1947, divided into 24 dokdas.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kori · kori · English
kori · rank #74,239 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,239
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 “kori”
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 “kori” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kori |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kori” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kori is uncommon English at frequency #74,239 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The monetary unit of Kutch prior to 1947, divided into 24 dokdas.".
Zero misspellings are on record for kori in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Gujarati કોરી (korī). The correct English form is kori, spelled K-O-R-I.
Definition
- 1The monetary unit of Kutch prior to 1947, divided into 24 dokdas.
Etymology
Borrowed from Gujarati કોરી (korī).
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kori", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 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.