krait
/kɹaɪt/noun
krait is spelled K-R-A-I-T: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, krait means “Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of krait is kraits.
How many letters and syllables are in krait?
| Letters | 5: K-R-A-I-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 krait?
Krait appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 krait?
- UK /kɹaɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-krait.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with krait?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as krait from its last stressed vowel (/aɪt/, British pronunciation):
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 krait
- kraits plural
- karait
- korait
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does krait mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Krait in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense snake:
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 krait come from?
Borrowed from Hindi करैत (karait), possibly from Kurux, a Dravidian language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).