kg
[ˈkɣ̞]
The verdict
“kg” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,618) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4,618
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abreviatura y símbolo de la unidad kilogramo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kg · kg · Spanish
kg · rank #4,618 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,618
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH ladrones
Nearest frequency peer: ladrones (+1 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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “kg”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- intelectual…
intelectuales
95,387 corpus weight
- internation…
international
95,386 corpus weight
- kg
kg
95,383 corpus weight
- ladrones
ladrones
95,382 corpus weight
- llamando
llamando
95,381 corpus weight
- llame
llame
95,380 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “kg” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | kg |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈkɣ̞] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #4,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “kg”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for kg is neighbouring look-alikes ("km", "ki", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [ˈkɣ̞]. Frequency #4,618 among 248 “K” headwords. Gloss: "Abreviatura y símbolo de la unidad kilogramo.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kg, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "km", "ki", "ko", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is kg, spelled K-G.
Definition
- 1Abreviatura y símbolo de la unidad kilogramo.
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.