Kei
[ˈkej]
The verdict
“Kei” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29,712) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #29,712
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hipocorístico de Keila.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kei · Kei · Spanish
Kei · rank #29,712 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,712
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH ku
Nearest frequency peer: ku (+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 “Kei”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jen
jen
70,294 corpus weight
- jerárquico
jerárquico
70,292 corpus weight
- Kei
Kei
70,289 corpus weight
- ku
ku
70,287 corpus weight
- lanzaba
lanzaba
70,286 corpus weight
- lastimosame…
lastimosamente
70,285 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kei” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kei |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkej] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #29,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “Kei” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Kei is neighbouring look-alikes ("km", "kg", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈkej]. Frequency #29,712 among 248 “K” headwords. Gloss: "Hipocorístico de Keila.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kei, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "km", "kg", "ki", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Kei, spelled K-E-I.
Definition
- 1Hipocorístico de Keila.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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- "Kei" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "km". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #29,712 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.