kimono
[kiˈmono]
The verdict
“kimono” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #48,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,494
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,662
- “K” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vestido tradicional japonés, que fue la prenda de uso común hasta los primeros años de la posguerra. Se caracteriza por sus largas y anchas mangas, y se abre y cruza por delante ciñéndose a la cint...
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 | kimono |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kiˈmono] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kimono” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around kimono (IPA [kiˈmono]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,494 among 3,662 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for kimono, with forms such as "ikmono", "kimmono", and "kimnoo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "kino", "Kioto", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is kimono, spelled K-I-M-O-N-O.
Definition
- 1Vestido tradicional japonés, que fue la prenda de uso común hasta los primeros años de la posguerra. Se caracteriza por sus largas y anchas mangas, y se abre y cruza por delante ciñéndose a la cintura mediante un cinturón llamado obi. Se usa como batín, salto de cama, pijama, etc.
- 2Vestido de origen tradicional japonés, cuyo uso es reglamentario u oficial para practicar artes marciales.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikmono
- kimmono
- kimnoo
- kimonno
- kimoon
- kiomno
- kkimono
- kmiono
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kimono - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “kimono”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is K-I-M-O-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kiˈmono] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “kino” - see the side-by-side comparison. kimono vs kino
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.