Kota
"kota" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kota” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,805. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,805
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Rajasthan, India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kota · Kota · English
Kota · rank #35,805 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,805
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Koenig
Nearest frequency peer: Koenig (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Kota”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- knighted
knighted
64,198 corpus weight
- Koenig
Koenig
64,197 corpus weight
- Kota
Kota
64,196 corpus weight
- kyu
kyu
64,195 corpus weight
- Lachlan
Lachlan
64,194 corpus weight
- Laredo
Laredo
64,193 corpus weight
What this shows “Kota” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kota |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #35,805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Kota”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Kota, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,805 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kota, with forms such as "kkota", "koat", and "kotta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "KT", "kya", "Kyra", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭ-. The correct English form is Kota, spelled K-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1A city in Rajasthan, India.
- 2A district of Rajasthan, India.
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭ-.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkota
- koat
- kotta
- ktoa
- okta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kota - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kota", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).