Commonly used words in written English - letter K with 57 words, sorted by frequency
The list of words starting with the letter K that occur frequently in written English is based on an analysis of the Google Books Ngram (a collection compiled by Peter Norvig in 2012, containing close to one trillion words).
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Word Frequency is calculated as the number of occurrences in one million words.
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Word Definition is sourced from the WordNet dictionary. You'll have to look up each word page for its complete definition and Part of Speech (POS) categories.
| Word | Frequency | Definition |
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809 | (verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; (noun) the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people | |
326 | (adjective) apprehended with certainty | |
324 | (adjective) having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; (noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | |
306 | (noun) a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom | |
250 | (noun) the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | |
218 | (verb) cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., 'keep clean'; (noun) the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress | |
137 | (adjective) (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded | |
129 | (verb) provide with a key; (noun) metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated | |
114 | (verb) cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; (noun) the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile | |
81 | (noun) the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
81 | (noun) a domain in which something is dominant | |
58 | (noun) conformity or harmony | |
52 | (adjective) evidencing the possession of inside information; (noun) a clear and certain mental apprehension | |
45 | (verb) be silly or tease one another; (noun) soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat | |
39 | (noun) hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella | |
38 | (noun) a room equipped for preparing meals | |
32 | (verb) touch lightly or gently; (noun) the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) | |
31 | (verb) raise (someone) to knighthood; (noun) originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit | |
26 | (verb) use a knife on; (noun) edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle | |
25 | (noun) an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook | |
24 | (adjective) very funny; (noun) an event that causes someone to die | |
23 | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) | |
21 | (noun) 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963) | |
21 | (noun) either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine | |
20 | (noun) one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | |
20 | (verb) deliver a sharp blow or push; (noun) the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) | |
18 | (noun) a state in midwestern United States | |
18 | (adjective) having a sharp cutting edge or point; (noun) a funeral lament sung with loud wailing | |
16 | (noun) a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses | |
16 | (adverb) in a kind manner or out of kindness; (adjective) pleasant and agreeable | |
16 | (noun) the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic | |
16 | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language; (noun) a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language | |
15 | (noun) a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries | |
15 | (verb) drive or propel with the foot; (noun) the act of delivering a blow with the foot | |
14 | (noun) influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804) | |
12 | (noun) a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans | |
12 | (verb) make into knots; make knots out of; (noun) a tight cluster of people or things | |
11 | (noun) someone in charge of other people | |
11 | (noun) United States circus clown (1898-1979) | |
9 | (noun) a person having kinship with another or others | |
9 | (adjective) relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith | |
9 | (noun) a case for containing a set of articles | |
8 | (noun) the range of vision | |
8 | (noun) a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya | |
8 | (noun) device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like | |
8 | (noun) someone who causes the death of a person or animal | |
8 | (noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | |
7 | (noun) the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands | |
7 | (noun) the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone | |
7 | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) | |
7 | (verb) rest one's weight on one's knees; (noun) supporting yourself on your knees | |
6 | (noun) an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India | |
6 | (adjective) related by blood or marriage | |
6 | (noun) German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925) | |
6 | (noun) Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572) | |
5 | (noun) unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma | |
5 | (noun) the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918 | |
5 | (noun) a Scottish church |