Kumiko
"kumiko" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kumiko” is uncommon English (frequency #79,686 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,686
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kumiko · Kumiko · English
Kumiko · rank #79,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,686
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kumamoto
Nearest frequency peer: Kumamoto (-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 “Kumiko”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Krull
Krull
20,319 corpus weight
- Kubica
Kubica
20,318 corpus weight
- Kumamoto
Kumamoto
20,317 corpus weight
- Kumiko
Kumiko
20,315 corpus weight
- Lacombe
Lacombe
20,313 corpus weight
- lactase
lactase
20,312 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kumiko” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kumiko |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kumiko” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kumiko is uncommon English at frequency #79,686 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Japanese.".
Kumiko doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Japanese 駒実子 (Kumiko) and many other spellings. See くみこ. The correct English form is Kumiko, spelled K-U-M-I-K-O.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Japanese.
Etymology
Transliteration of Japanese 駒実子 (Kumiko) and many other spellings. See くみこ.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).