# Kyoto

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkjoʊtoʊ/ · frequency rank #16,953

## Definitions
1. A prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.
2. The capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan; and the country's former capital.
3. The Kyoto Protocol.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 京(きょう)都(と) (Kyōto, literally “capital city”), from Middle Chinese 京都 (kjæng-tu, “capital (of a country)”).

## Easily confused with
- **Koo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/koo-vs-kyoto)
- **knot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knot-vs-kyoto)
- **Kato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kato-vs-kyoto)
- **keto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keto-vs-kyoto)
- **koko** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/koko-vs-kyoto)
- **Kota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kota-vs-kyoto)
- **kobo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kobo-vs-kyoto)
- **kono** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kono-vs-kyoto)
- **knots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knots-vs-kyoto)
- **Kyoko** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kyoko-vs-kyoto)
- **Knott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knott-vs-kyoto)

## Common misspellings (7)
`kkyoto`, `koyto`, `kyoot`, `kyotto`, `kytoo`, `kyyoto`, `ykoto`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kyoto