akin
\ʌˈkɪn\
The verdict
“akin” is uncommon French (frequency #93,468 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,468
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apparenté, parent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-akin · akin · French
akin · rank #93,468 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,468
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH aiguisent
Nearest frequency peer: aiguisent (-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 « akin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ahi
ahi
6,536 corpus weight
- Ahun
Ahun
6,535 corpus weight
- aiguisent
aiguisent
6,534 corpus weight
- akin
akin
6,533 corpus weight
- allem
allem
6,531 corpus weight
- alpaguer
alpaguer
6,530 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « akin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | akin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʌˈkɪn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #93,468 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « akin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
akin is uncommon French at frequency #93,468 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʌˈkɪn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for akin in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 akin, spelled A-K-I-N.
Definition
- 1Apparenté, parent.
- 2Similaire, semblable, analogue.
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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