Kumasi

name

"kumasi" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Kumasi” is uncommon English (frequency #60,919 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,919
frequency rank, English
1,236
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Ghana.

Corpus desk

Index EN-kumasi · Kumasi · English

Kumasi · rank #60,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,919
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,236
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kraut

Nearest frequency peer: Kraut (-2 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 “Kumasi”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kumasi” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kumasi
PropertyValue
HeadwordKumasi
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,919
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Kumasi” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Kumasifalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Kraut” (#60,917), “lactobacillus” (#60,921), “Krasnodar” (#60,916). Among 1,236 “K” headwords, “Kumasi” is #60,919. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kumasi is uncommon English at frequency #60,919 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in Ghana.".

Kumasi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Kumasi, spelled K-U-M-A-S-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city in Ghana.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Kumasi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The pastor of the largest Pentecostal church in Kumasi was stomping back and forth onstage, using his feet as exclamation marks.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kumasi"?
"Kumasi" is spelled K-U-M-A-S-I.
What does "Kumasi" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kumasi" means: A city in Ghana.
What language does "Kumasi" come from?
"Kumasi" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kumasi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list