kamoulox
\kɑ.mu.lɔks\
The verdict
“kamoulox” is uncommon French (frequency #96,047 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,047
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utilisé pour ponctuer une phrase, généralement grammaticalement correcte, qui n’a ni queue ni tête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kamoulox · kamoulox · French
kamoulox · rank #96,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,047
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Kagoshima
Nearest frequency peer: Kagoshima (-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 « kamoulox »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- juraient
juraient
3,957 corpus weight
- Kaduna
Kaduna
3,956 corpus weight
- Kagoshima
Kagoshima
3,955 corpus weight
- kamoulox
kamoulox
3,954 corpus weight
- karman
karman
3,953 corpus weight
- Kircher
Kircher
3,950 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kamoulox » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kamoulox |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \kɑ.mu.lɔks\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kamoulox » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kamoulox is uncommon French at frequency #96,047 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \kɑ.mu.lɔks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Utilisé pour ponctuer une phrase, généralement grammaticalement correcte, qui n’a ni queue ni tête.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kamoulox, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 kamoulox, spelled K-A-M-O-U-L-O-X.
Definition
- 1Utilisé pour ponctuer une phrase, généralement grammaticalement correcte, qui n’a ni queue ni tête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kamoulox appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Josselin me regarde et me dit « Kamoulox », comme un nom de code pour me dire tout simplement : « Mais cette situation n’a aucun sens, en fait. » Je rigole intérieurement.
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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