Kagoshima

[kaɣ̞oˈʃima]

/[kaɣ̞oˈʃima]/ name

The verdict

“Kagoshima” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #87,992 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#87,992
frequency rank, Spanish
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad de la isla Kyushü, capital de la prefectura homónima. Japón.

Key facts for Kagoshima
PropertyValue
HeadwordKagoshima
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[kaɣ̞oˈʃima]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,992
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Kagoshima” sits in Spanish frequency

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Kagoshima is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaɣ̞oˈʃima]. Corpus data places it at rank #87,992 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciudad de la isla Kyushü, capital de la prefectura homónima. Japón.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Kagoshima in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Kagoshima, spelled K-A-G-O-S-H-I-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad de la isla Kyushü, capital de la prefectura homónima. Japón.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kagoshima"?
"Kagoshima" is spelled K-A-G-O-S-H-I-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaɣ̞oˈʃima].
What does "Kagoshima" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kagoshima" means: Ciudad de la isla Kyushü, capital de la prefectura homónima. Japón.
How do you pronounce "Kagoshima"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kagoshima" is [kaɣ̞oˈʃima]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kagoshima" come from?
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Using “Kagoshima”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is K-A-G-O-S-H-I-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [kaɣ̞oˈʃima] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list