4K

\katʁ.ka\

/\katʁ.ka\/ noun

The verdict

“4K” sits in 6 confusable pairs (corpus #14,399) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#14,399
frequency rank, French
10
“4” headwords
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)…

Corpus desk

Index FR-4k · 4K · French

4K · rank #14,399 · 0 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,399
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 10
  • PHOTO-FINISH 3G

Nearest frequency peer: 3G (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « 4K »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « 4K » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

4K vs 4L
50% similar
4K vs 4x4
33% similar
4K vs 4
50% similar

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

Key facts for 4K
PropertyValue
Headword4K
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\katʁ.ka\
Letters2
Frequency rank#14,399
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « 4K »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).4Kse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « 3G » (#14,398), « abdomen » (#14,400), « évalue » (#14,397). Parmi 10 lemmes en « 4 », « 4K » est au #14,399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for 4K is neighbouring look-alikes ("4L", "4x4", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \katʁ.ka\. Frequency #14,399 among 10 “4” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No misspelling variants are generated for 4K in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "4L", "4x4", "4", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is 4K, spelled 4-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)…
  2. 2
    Type de qualité d’images UHD qui correspond généralement en réalité à une image d’une largeur de 3,840 px.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how 4K appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le DCDM utilise une structure d’image hiérarchique qui supporte aussi bien des fichiers de résolution 2K (2048 x 1080; 24 ou 48 images/seconde) que des fichiers de résolution 4K (4096 x 2160 ; 24 images/seconde) afin de pouvoir être utilisés par des types de projecteurs 2 ou 4K.

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 "4K"?
"4K" is spelled 4-K. The IPA pronunciation is \katʁ.ka\.
What does "4K" mean?
As a noun, "4K" means: Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)…
What words are commonly confused with "4K"?
"4K" is commonly confused with "4L", "4x4", "4". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "4K"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "4K" is \katʁ.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "4K" come from?
"4K" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list