K2
\ka.dø\
The verdict
“K2” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #46,842 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #46,842
- frequency rank, French
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plus haut sommet de la chaîne du Karakoram et deuxième montagne de la Terre par l’altitude avec 8,611 mètres, entre le Pakistan et la Chine.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | K2 |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.dø\ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #46,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “K2” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for K2 is 2 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.dø\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,842 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Plus haut sommet de la chaîne du Karakoram et deuxième montagne de la Terre par l’altitude avec 8,611 mètres, entre le Pakistan et la Chine.".
K2 has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "km", "kg", "ki", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is K2, spelled K-2.
Definition
- 1Plus haut sommet de la chaîne du Karakoram et deuxième montagne de la Terre par l’altitude avec 8,611 mètres, entre le Pakistan et la Chine.
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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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Using “K2”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is K-2 - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.dø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “km” - see the side-by-side comparison. K2 vs km
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.