kabyle
\ka.bil\
The verdict
“kabyle” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,239. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,239
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Originaire de Kabylie ou relatif à cette partie de l’Atlas algérien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kabyle · kabyle · French
kabyle · rank #18,239 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,239
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH key
Nearest frequency peer: key (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “kabyle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- introuvable
introuvable
81,768 corpus weight
- kabyle
kabyle
81,762 corpus weight
- key
key
81,761 corpus weight
- Leicester
Leicester
81,759 corpus weight
- lentille
lentille
81,758 corpus weight
- libertaire
libertaire
81,757 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “kabyle” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | kabyle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.bil\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “kabyle” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around kabyle (IPA \ka.bil\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,239 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Originaire de Kabylie ou relatif à cette partie de l’Atlas algérien.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for kabyle, with forms such as "akbyle", "kabbyle", and "kablye". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Kyle", "Kanye", "Kabylie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is kabyle, spelled K-A-B-Y-L-E.
Definition
- 1Originaire de Kabylie ou relatif à cette partie de l’Atlas algérien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kabyle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est donc dans trois groupes que se trouvent les bourgeois algériens : kabyle, tlemcénien, mozabite.
Mais cela peut même aller jusqu’à la désertification lorsque les familles ont pu à leur tour migrer : la montagne kabyle ou libanaise est ainsi constellée de fermes abandonnées.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akbyle
- kabbyle
- kablye
- kabyel
- kabylle
- kabyyle
- kayble
- kbayle
- kkabyle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kabyle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kabyle", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "kabyle" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Kyle". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #18,239 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "K" letter cohort. K–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.