Kyler
"kyler" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kyler” is uncommon English (frequency #71,642 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,642
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An American surname from Dutch.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kyler · Kyler · English
Kyler · rank #71,642 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,642
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH kye
Nearest frequency peer: kye (-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 “Kyler”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kristof
Kristof
28,362 corpus weight
- kuru
kuru
28,361 corpus weight
- kye
kye
28,360 corpus weight
- Kyler
Kyler
28,359 corpus weight
- Laconia
Laconia
28,358 corpus weight
- Ladysmith
Ladysmith
28,357 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kyler” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kyler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kyler” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kyler is uncommon English at frequency #71,642 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kyler, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: An American anglicization of Dutch Cuyler "archer" and German Keiler "wild boar". * The surname is quite rare. The given name may be a recent coinage based on Kyle and Tyler. The correct English form is Kyler, spelled K-Y-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1An American surname from Dutch.
- 2A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and later usage.
- 3A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1990s and later usage.
Etymology
An American anglicization of Dutch Cuyler "archer" and German Keiler "wild boar". * The surname is quite rare. The given name may be a recent coinage based on Kyle and Tyler.
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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