kane

\ˈkãː.ne\

/\ˈkãː.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“kane” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,199. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,199
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe kanal/kanañ/kaniñ.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kane · kane · French

kane · rank #13,199 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,199
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH jouée

Nearest frequency peer: jouée (-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 « kane »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « kane » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

kane vs ke
50% similar
kane vs ken
50% similar
kane vs kay
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for kane
PropertyValue
Headwordkane
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈkãː.ne\
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,199
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kane »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).kanese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « jouée » (#13,198), « ladite » (#13,200), « jettent » (#13,197). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kane » est au #13,199. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around kane (IPA \ˈkãː.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,199 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe kanal/kanañ/kaniñ.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kane, with forms such as "akne", "kaen", and "kanne". 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, "ke", "ken", "kay", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is kane, spelled K-A-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe kanal/kanañ/kaniñ.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how kane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pa he devije cʼhoant e tebre neuze avaloù, ha per, hag ecʼh eve dour pe win, hag e kave berr an amzer, hag e kane arre, evel un eostig.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • akne
  • kaen
  • kanne
  • kkane
  • knae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kane - 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.

akne2kaen2kanne1kkane1knae2
Edit distance from "kane"

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 "kane"?
"kane" is spelled K-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkãː.ne\.
What does "kane" mean?
As a verb, "kane" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe kanal/kanañ/kaniñ.
What words are commonly confused with "kane"?
"kane" is commonly confused with "ke", "ken", "kay". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kane" is \ˈkãː.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kane" come from?
"kane" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list