Kaohsiung
[kaoˈsjũŋ]
The verdict
“Kaohsiung” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,994 among 3,662 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,994
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,662
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad de Taiwan, capital del condado homónimo en la costa suroccidental de la isla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kaohsiung · Kaohsiung · Spanish
Kaohsiung · rank #87,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,994
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,662
- PHOTO-FINISH Kagoshima
Nearest frequency peer: Kagoshima (-2 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kaohsiung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jumping
jumping
12,012 corpus weight
- jurispruden…
jurisprudenciales
12,011 corpus weight
- Kagoshima
Kagoshima
12,009 corpus weight
- Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
12,007 corpus weight
- kinda
kinda
12,004 corpus weight
- knut
knut
12,001 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kaohsiung” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kaohsiung |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kaoˈsjũŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kaohsiung” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kaohsiung is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,994 among 3,662 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kaoˈsjũŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciudad de Taiwan, capital del condado homónimo en la costa suroccidental de la isla.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kaohsiung in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Kaohsiung, spelled K-A-O-H-S-I-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de Taiwan, capital del condado homónimo en la costa suroccidental de la isla.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.