KS
"ks" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“KS” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #14,578) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #14,578
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of Kaposi's sarcoma.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ks · KS · English
KS · rank #14,578 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,578
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kensington
Nearest frequency peer: Kensington (-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 neighbours of confusable “KS”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- jeopardy
jeopardy
85,426 corpus weight
- joanna
joanna
85,425 corpus weight
- Kensington
Kensington
85,424 corpus weight
- KS
KS
85,423 corpus weight
- Lafayette
Lafayette
85,422 corpus weight
- LC
LC
85,421 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “KS” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | KS |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #14,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “KS”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for KS is neighbouring look-alikes ("ky", "Ku", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #14,578 among 1,236 “K” headwords. 8 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Zero misspellings are on record for KS in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ky", "Ku", "KT", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is KS, spelled K-S.
Definition
- 1Initialism of Kaposi's sarcoma.
- 2Initialism of Keutel syndrome.
- 3Initialism of Kallmann syndrome.
- 4Initialism of Klinefelter syndrome.
- 5Initialism of kill steal.
- 6Initialism of key stage.
- 7Initialism of knowledge sharing.
- 8Initialism of King's Scholar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how KS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tom Shaheen has AIDS. He has shortness of breath, very little energy much of the time, and KS lesions that are sometimes embarrassing marks and sometimes weapons.
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.