kanak
\ka.nak\
The verdict
“kanak” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,990. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,990
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Kanaks, habitants autochtones de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kanak · kanak · French
kanak · rank #47,990 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,990
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kangourous
Nearest frequency peer: kangourous (+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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « kanak »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- jumping
jumping
52,015 corpus weight
- jurassien
jurassien
52,014 corpus weight
- jurisconsul…
jurisconsulte
52,013 corpus weight
- kanak
kanak
52,011 corpus weight
- kangourous
kangourous
52,010 corpus weight
- Katmandou
Katmandou
52,009 corpus weight
What this shows « kanak » 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 | kanak |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.nak\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #47,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kanak »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around kanak (IPA \ka.nak\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,990 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif aux Kanaks, habitants autochtones de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for kanak, with forms such as "aknak", "kaank", and "kanakk". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kane", "kara", "kant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is kanak, spelled K-A-N-A-K.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux Kanaks, habitants autochtones de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kanak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« N’ayez pas peur des Kanaks », « n’ayez pas peur de la République française » Nicolas Sarkozy a exprimé vendredi à Nouméa son « respect de la culture et des traditions » kanakes, devant les membres du Sénat coutumier, au premier jour d’une visite de deux jours et demi en Nouvelle-Calédonie.
L’exposition se clôt avec deux artistes kanak trentenaires, dont une femme, symbole de la place nouvelle des femmes dans la culture et la coutume kanak.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aknak
- kaank
- kanakk
- kanka
- kannak
- kkanak
- knaak
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kanak - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).