ke

//ˈke// noun

Letters

2 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,370

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

ke is aPortuguesenoun. It means: nome dos kana け e ケ Pronounced /ˈke/. Often confused with ki and ko.

Key facts for ke
PropertyValue
Headwordke
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈke/
Letters2
Frequency rank#18,370
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ke in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ke is 2 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈke/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,370 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nome dos kana け e ケ".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ke in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "ki", "ko", "key", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is ke, spelled K-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nome dos kana け e ケ

Frequency rank: #18,370 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ke"?
"ke" is spelled K-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈke/.
What does "ke" mean?
As a noun, "ke" means: nome dos kana け e ケ
What words are commonly confused with "ke"?
"ke" is commonly confused with "ki", "ko", "key". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ke" is /ˈke/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ke" come from?
"ke" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter K in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.