kain

adj

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The verdict

“kain” is uncommon French (frequency #84,937 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,937
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vilain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kain · kain · French

kain · rank #84,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,937
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kas

Nearest frequency peer: kas (+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 « kain »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kain » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kain
PropertyValue
Headwordkain
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#84,937
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « kain » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.kaintombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « kas » (#84,938), « juxtaposées » (#84,933), « Kaysersberg » (#84,941). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kain » est au #84,937. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kain is uncommon French at frequency #84,937 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

kain has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is kain, spelled K-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vilain.
  2. 2
    Laid.

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 "kain"?
"kain" is spelled K-A-I-N.
What does "kain" mean?
As an adjective, "kain" means: Vilain.
What language does "kain" come from?
"kain" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kain", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jars#84,923lash#84,961lato#84,964lito#84,973

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list