kina
[ˈkina]
The verdict
“kina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,289 among 248 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,289
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unidad monetaria de Papúa-Nueva Guinea, que se divide en 100 toea.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kina · kina · Spanish
kina · rank #94,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,289
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH kalle
Nearest frequency peer: kalle (-5 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “kina”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- juramentados
juramentados
5,720 corpus weight
- kalimba
kalimba
5,718 corpus weight
- kalle
kalle
5,717 corpus weight
- kina
kina
5,712 corpus weight
- laborado
laborado
5,704 corpus weight
- laboralista
laboralista
5,703 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “kina” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkina] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “kina” en español
Rare enough to double-check
kina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,289 among 248 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
kina has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is kina, spelled K-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Unidad monetaria de Papúa-Nueva Guinea, que se divide en 100 toea.
- 2Tipo de erizo de mar que se encuentra en Nueva Zelanda y las islas subantárticas.
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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