kth
/keɪθ/
"kth" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kth” is uncommon English (frequency #64,483 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,483
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Occurring at position k in a sequence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kth · kth · English
kth · rank #64,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,483
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kremer
Nearest frequency peer: Kremer (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “kth”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- kore
kore
35,521 corpus weight
- Koreatown
Koreatown
35,520 corpus weight
- Kremer
Kremer
35,519 corpus weight
- kth
kth
35,518 corpus weight
- kuna
kuna
35,517 corpus weight
- Lambing
Lambing
35,516 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kth” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /keɪθ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #64,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kth is uncommon English at frequency #64,483 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /keɪθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Occurring at position k in a sequence.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kth, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From k + -th (ordinal suffix). The correct English form is kth, spelled K-T-H.
Definition
- 1Occurring at position k in a sequence.
Etymology
From k + -th (ordinal suffix).
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.
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