kts
"kts" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kts” is uncommon English (frequency #77,841 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,841
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of kt: knots
Corpus desk
Index EN-kts · kts · English
kts · rank #77,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,841
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH KSH
Nearest frequency peer: KSH (-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 “kts”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- knifes
knifes
22,164 corpus weight
- knowed
knowed
22,163 corpus weight
- KSH
KSH
22,161 corpus weight
- kts
kts
22,160 corpus weight
- Kuchar
Kuchar
22,159 corpus weight
- lamer
lamer
22,157 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kts” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kts |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #77,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kts” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kts is uncommon English at frequency #77,841 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of kt: knots".
Zero misspellings are on record for kts in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is kts, spelled K-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of kt: knots
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Altitude is lost while thrust is acting to accelerate the plane from the 70 kts A/S back to 100 kts and plane drops below G/S.
The speed should remain close to 160 kts. Never let it get below 150 kts here.
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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