kaya

adj

The verdict

“kaya” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,255. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,255
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Riche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kaya · kaya · French

kaya · rank #46,255 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,255
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kasaï

Nearest frequency peer: Kasaï (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « kaya »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « kaya » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

kaya vs ky
50% similar
kaya vs key
50% similar
kaya vs kia
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for kaya
PropertyValue
Headwordkaya
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#46,255
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kaya »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).kayase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Kasaï » (#46,254), « kleenex » (#46,256), « justices » (#46,253). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kaya » est au #46,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around kaya, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,255 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Riche.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kaya, with forms such as "akya", "kaay", and "kayya". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ky", "key", "kia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is kaya, spelled K-A-Y-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Riche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how kaya appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Negeri ini kaya akan gas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • akya
  • kaay
  • kayya
  • kkaya
  • kyaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kaya - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

akya2kaay2kayya1kkaya1kyaa2
Edit distance from "kaya"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kaya"?
"kaya" is spelled K-A-Y-A.
What does "kaya" mean?
As an adjective, "kaya" means: Riche.
What words are commonly confused with "kaya"?
"kaya" is commonly confused with "ky", "key", "kia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "kaya" come from?
"kaya" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list