kth
/keɪθ/
"kth" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kth” is uncommon English (frequency #64,483 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,483
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Occurring at position k in a sequence.
| 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) |
Where “kth” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kth is uncommon English at frequency #64,483 among 9,255 “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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Using “kth”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.