kratom
/ˈkɹeɪtəm/
"kratom" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kratom” is uncommon English (frequency #51,203 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,203
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A tree, Mitragyna speciosa, endemic to Southeast Asia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kratom · kratom · English
kratom · rank #51,203 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,203
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH kirkman
Nearest frequency peer: kirkman (-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 “kratom”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kinross
Kinross
48,801 corpus weight
- kirkman
kirkman
48,799 corpus weight
- kratom
kratom
48,798 corpus weight
- Kuomintang
Kuomintang
48,796 corpus weight
- KwaZulu
KwaZulu
48,795 corpus weight
- Lackawanna
Lackawanna
48,794 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “kratom” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kratom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹeɪtəm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kratom” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kratom is uncommon English at frequency #51,203 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹeɪtəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kratom, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Thai กระท่อม (grà-tɔ̂m). The correct English form is kratom, spelled K-R-A-T-O-M.
Definition
- 1A tree, Mitragyna speciosa, endemic to Southeast Asia.
- 2The dried leaves of this tree, used in traditional medicine or recreationally for their stimulant and analgesic effects.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kratom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When the US Drug Enforcement Administration announced plans to criminalise the sale and possession of the psychoactive plant kratom, people across the country became interested in a leaf used medicinally for centuries in parts of Asia.
Etymology
Borrowed from Thai กระท่อม (grà-tɔ̂m).
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 6 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.