kalashnikov
\ka.laʃ.ni.kɔf\
The verdict
“kalashnikov” is uncommon French (frequency #88,789 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,789
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de kalachnikov (arme).
Corpus desk
Index FR-kalashnikov · kalashnikov · French
kalashnikov · rank #88,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,789
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Kaczynski
Nearest frequency peer: Kaczynski (-2 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 « kalashnikov »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Jézabel
Jézabel
11,216 corpus weight
- kaan
kaan
11,215 corpus weight
- Kaczynski
Kaczynski
11,214 corpus weight
- kalashnikov
kalashnikov
11,212 corpus weight
- Kamtchatka
Kamtchatka
11,210 corpus weight
- Karnataka
Karnataka
11,209 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kalashnikov » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kalashnikov |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.laʃ.ni.kɔf\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kalashnikov » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kalashnikov is uncommon French at frequency #88,789 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.laʃ.ni.kɔf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de kalachnikov (arme).".
No misspelling variants are generated for kalashnikov in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is kalashnikov, spelled K-A-L-A-S-H-N-I-K-O-V.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de kalachnikov (arme).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kalashnikov appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il résista à la tentation de l’enfermer et partit chercher un Colt 45 et une kalashnikov dans la cachette que Martin lui avait indiquée, en lui montrant les lieux.
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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