kamikaze
\ka.mi.kaz\
The verdict
“kamikaze” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,263. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,263
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suicidaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kamikaze · kamikaze · French
kamikaze · rank #24,263 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #24,263
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH justicier
Nearest frequency peer: justicier (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « kamikaze »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- jeta
jeta
75,742 corpus weight
- joins
joins
75,741 corpus weight
- justicier
justicier
75,740 corpus weight
- kamikaze
kamikaze
75,738 corpus weight
- lande
lande
75,736 corpus weight
- Latour
Latour
75,735 corpus weight
What this shows « kamikaze » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | kamikaze |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.mi.kaz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kamikaze »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around kamikaze (IPA \ka.mi.kaz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,263 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for kamikaze, with forms such as "akmikaze", "kaimkaze", and "kamiakze". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "kamikazes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 kamikaze, spelled K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Suicidaire.
- 2Suicidaire symboliquement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kamikaze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Telle était l’alternative : gouvernement kamikaze ou gouvernement autocrate : ou bien trouver des hommes politiques prêts à réformer coûte que coûte, au mépris de leur impopularité, au risque de dilapider leur capital électoral, au risque d’un suicide politique de leur propre parti, ou bien instaurer une forme ou une autre de césarisme ou de bonapartisme…
Ou alors cette démarche kamikaze démontrera, involontairement cette fois, l’obsolescence d’un régime politique.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akmikaze
- kaimkaze
- kamiakze
- kamikaez
- kamikazze
- kamikkaze
- kamikzae
- kamkiaze
- kammikaze
- kkamikaze
- kmaikaze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kamikaze - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).