Kort
"kort" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kort” is uncommon English (frequency #84,436 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,436
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kort · Kort · English
Kort · rank #84,436 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,436
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kitamura
Nearest frequency peer: Kitamura (-3 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Kort”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kherson
Kherson
15,575 corpus weight
- kinfolk
kinfolk
15,571 corpus weight
- Kitamura
Kitamura
15,568 corpus weight
- Kort
Kort
15,565 corpus weight
- lade
lade
15,557 corpus weight
- LaHood
LaHood
15,556 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kort” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kort |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #84,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kort” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kort is uncommon English at frequency #84,436 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kort in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As a Dutch surname, from the adjective kort (“short”). * As a German surname, pet form of Konrad. * As a Jewish surname, via Polish from Yiddish קאָרט (kort, “cord”), ultimately from the root of English cord. * Also as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, from Y… The correct English form is Kort, spelled K-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
* As a Dutch surname, from the adjective kort (“short”). * As a German surname, pet form of Konrad. * As a Jewish surname, via Polish from Yiddish קאָרט (kort, “cord”), ultimately from the root of English cord. * Also as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, from Yiddish קאַרטל (kartl, “card”), itself borrowed from German Karte.
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
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