Kra
"kra" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kra” is uncommon English (frequency #82,469 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,469
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A branch of the Kra-Dai language family spoken in southern China and northern Vietnam.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kra · Kra · English
Kra · rank #82,469 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,469
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Korey
Nearest frequency peer: Korey (-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 “Kra”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- knotting
knotting
17,536 corpus weight
- Koke
Koke
17,534 corpus weight
- Korey
Korey
17,533 corpus weight
- Kra
Kra
17,532 corpus weight
- Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa
17,529 corpus weight
- Laertes
Laertes
17,527 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kra” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #82,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kra” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kra is uncommon English at frequency #82,469 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A branch of the Kra-Dai language family spoken in southern China and northern Vietnam.".
Kra doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Coined by Thai linguist Weera Ostapirat in 1999 from a reconstruction of a Proto-Kra endonym cognate with Thai ข้า (kâa, “slave”). The correct English form is Kra, spelled K-R-A.
Definition
- 1A branch of the Kra-Dai language family spoken in southern China and northern Vietnam.
Etymology
Coined by Thai linguist Weera Ostapirat in 1999 from a reconstruction of a Proto-Kra endonym cognate with Thai ข้า (kâa, “slave”).
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 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.