kula
"kula" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kula” is uncommon English (frequency #70,817 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,817
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tower, turret or steeple in Southeast Europe erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kula · kula · English
kula · rank #70,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,817
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kubernetes
Nearest frequency peer: Kubernetes (-1 rank slots)
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Long-tail ranks near “kula”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kitson
Kitson
29,189 corpus weight
- Klang
Klang
29,188 corpus weight
- kohls
kohls
29,187 corpus weight
- Kubernetes
Kubernetes
29,185 corpus weight
- kula
kula
29,184 corpus weight
- Latta
Latta
29,178 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kula” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kula |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #70,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kula” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kula is uncommon English at frequency #70,817 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A tower, turret or steeple in Southeast Europe erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.".
No misspelling variants are generated for kula in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a South Slavic language, from Turkish kule, from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”). The correct English form is kula, spelled K-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1A tower, turret or steeple in Southeast Europe erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kula appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Instead of the haïdooks, their next of kin, the zaptiés now hold a kula on the highest point of the pass; here one pauses to rest after scrambling up the vile Turkish road on one side of the ravine, and before scrambling down the vile Turkish road on the other.
The most important kulas of the Čengić-begs are those in Zagorje, in Rataji and the River Odžak near Ustikolina.
Etymology
From a South Slavic language, from Turkish kule, from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).
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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