AFK
\afk\
The verdict
“AFK” is uncommon French (frequency #77,198 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,198
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absent, qui est éloigné de son clavier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-afk · AFK · French
AFK · rank #77,198 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,198
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH adopteront
Nearest frequency peer: adopteront (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « AFK »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- accusons
accusons
22,806 corpus weight
- adopteront
adopteront
22,804 corpus weight
- AFK
AFK
22,803 corpus weight
- Agay
Agay
22,802 corpus weight
- agencements
agencements
22,801 corpus weight
- ager
ager
22,800 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « AFK » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | AFK |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \afk\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #77,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « AFK » en français
Rare enough to double-check
AFK is uncommon French at frequency #77,198 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \afk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Absent, qui est éloigné de son clavier.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for AFK, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is AFK, spelled A-F-K.
Definition
- 1Absent, qui est éloigné de son clavier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how AFK appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'abréviation « AFK » pour « Away From Keyboard » est un autre exemple de sociabilité proche du GG. En tapant la commande AFK, le joueur signale qu'il quitte temporairement le jeu même si son avatar est toujours présent.
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.
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