Kozhikode
"kozhikode" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kozhikode” is uncommon English (frequency #88,520 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,520
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in Kerala, in southwestern India.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kozhikode |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kozhikode” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kozhikode is uncommon English at frequency #88,520 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kozhikode, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ). The name probably corresponds to Ancient Greek Καλαικαρίας (Kalaikarías), mentioned by Ptolemy, of uncertain meaning. The second element is likely Sanskrit कोट (koṭa, “fortress, palace”). The first element could be fro… The correct English form is Kozhikode, spelled K-O-Z-H-I-K-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1A city in Kerala, in southwestern India.
- 2A district of Kerala, India.
Etymology
From Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ). The name probably corresponds to Ancient Greek Καλαικαρίας (Kalaikarías), mentioned by Ptolemy, of uncertain meaning. The second element is likely Sanskrit कोट (koṭa, “fortress, palace”). The first element could be from Kali, wife of Shiva, meaning "palace of Kali," or it could instead be a Dravidian name கல்லியை (kalliyai). The anglicized variant of the name is Calicut.
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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Using “Kozhikode”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-O-Z-H-I-K-O-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.