kiri

Name: kiri, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈkiɾi]

/[ˈkiɾi]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“kiri” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,665 among 3,662 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,665
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,662
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Paulownia tomentosa) Árbol frondoso de la familia Paulowniaceae. Son árboles que crecen muy rápido, llegando a los 20 m de altura con copa amplia y umbeliforme. La corteza es de color marrón-gris....

Corpus desk

Index ES-kiri · kiri · Spanish

kiri · rank #74,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #74,665
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 3,662
PHOTO-FINISH killed

Nearest frequency peer: killed (-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.

kaki

25,341
kevlar

25,338
killed

25,337
kiri

25,336
kof

25,334
Kubo

25,332

What this shows Bars show where “kiri” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Key facts for kiri
Property	Value
Headword	kiri
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈkiɾi]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#74,665
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “kiri” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). kiri lands here:

#74,665

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kiri is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,665 among 3,662 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkiɾi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Paulownia tomentosa) Árbol frondoso de la familia Paulowniaceae. Son árboles que crecen muy rápido, llegando a los 20 m de altura con copa amplia y umbeliforme. La corteza es de color marrón-gris....".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kiri, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is kiri, spelled K-I-R-I.

Definition

1
(Paulownia tomentosa) Árbol frondoso de la familia Paulowniaceae. Son árboles que crecen muy rápido, llegando a los 20 m de altura con copa amplia y umbeliforme. La corteza es de color marrón-gris. Las ramas tienen lenticelas amarilla-rojizas y son glandulo-viscosas cuando jóvenes. Las hojas tienen un limbo cordiforme de ápice agudo, de hasta 40 cm, con el envés densamente peludo o no. Sus peciolos son de tamaño prácticamente igual al de los limbos. La inflorescencias son piramidales o estrechamente cónicas y miden unos 50 cm. Es considerado como una de las posibles especies que puede llegar a salvar al planeta debido a su resistencia a plagas, su rápido crecimiento y adaptación, y su gran capacidad para producir oxígeno; sin embargo es sumamente invasor y ha desplazado a muchas especies nativas.

Synonyms

paulonia paulonia imperial

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kiri"?

"kiri" is spelled K-I-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkiɾi].

What does "kiri" mean?

As a noun, "kiri" means: (Paulownia tomentosa) Árbol frondoso de la familia Paulowniaceae. Son árboles que crecen muy rápido, llegando a los 20 m de altura con copa amplia y umbeliforme. La corteza es de color marrón-gris....

How do you pronounce "kiri"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kiri" is [ˈkiɾi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "kiri" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kiri", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kubo#74,669 kaki#74,660 lato#74,676 leur#74,682

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.