krai
/kɹaɪ̯/noun
krai is spelled K-R-A-I: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, krai means “A region or province in Russia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of krai is krais or kraia.
How many letters and syllables are in krai?
| Letters | 4: K-R-A-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 103,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is krai?
Krai appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce krai?
- /kɹaɪ̯/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-krai.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with krai?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as krai.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: kira, raki.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of krai
- krais plural
- kraia plural
- kray
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does krai mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A region or province in Russia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Krai in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a region or province in Russia:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does krai come from?
Borrowed from Russian край (kraj, “province, edge”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).