kame
[ka̠me̞]
The verdict
“kame” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,045 among 3,662 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,045
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,662
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tortuga.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kame |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ka̠me̞] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kame” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kame is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,045 among 3,662 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ka̠me̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tortuga.".
kame 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is kame, spelled K-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Tortuga.
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.
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Using “kame”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is K-A-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ka̠me̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.