kangourou

\kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu\

/\kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu\/ noun

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The verdict

“kangourou” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,223
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal de l’ordre des marsupiaux, originaire d’Australie caractérisé par le volume de sa queue et par la longueur de ses membres postérieurs dont il se sert pour sauter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kangourou · kangourou · French

kangourou · rank #28,223 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,223
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kobe

Nearest frequency peer: Kobe (+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 « kangourou »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « kangourou » 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).

kangourou vs kangourous
90% similar

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

Key facts for kangourou
PropertyValue
Headwordkangourou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu\
Letters9
Frequency rank#28,223
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kangourou »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).kangourouse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Kobe » (#28,224), « Judée » (#28,221), « Kraft » (#28,225). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kangourou » est au #28,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around kangourou (IPA \kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,223 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for kangourou, with forms such as "akngourou", "kagnourou", and "kanggourou". 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, "kangourous", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 kangourou, spelled K-A-N-G-O-U-R-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal de l’ordre des marsupiaux, originaire d’Australie caractérisé par le volume de sa queue et par la longueur de ses membres postérieurs dont il se sert pour sauter.
  2. 2
    Mode de transport combiné rail-route dont le wagon comportant une poche (et nommé wagon-poche) est conçu pour recevoir une semi-remorque.
  3. 3
    Vêtement ayant une poche sur le devant.
  4. 4
    Hoodie, pull à cagoule.
  5. 5
    Sorte de slip masculin qui possède sur le devant une ouverture ressemblant à une poche. Cette ouverture est destinée à pouvoir uriner sans baisser la ceinture du slip.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les kangourous vivent généralement en bandes, choisissant comme habitation un endroit pourvu d’eau et voisin d’un scrub, afin de pouvoir s’y réfugier au besoin.
  2. Les vicelardes te jaugent sans s’en rendre compte. Un mâle débouche, pas mal bousculé, qu’illico elles lui supputent le kangourou, lui envisagent les prouesses […]

Synonyms

cotoncoton ouatéslip kangourou

This word in other languages

kangaroo(English)canguro(Español)Känguru(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • akngourou
  • kagnourou
  • kanggourou
  • kangoruou
  • kangouoru
  • kangourrou
  • kangouruo
  • kanguorou
  • kanngourou
  • kanogurou
  • kkangourou
  • knagourou

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

akngourou2kagnourou2kanggourou1kangoruou2kangouoru2kangourrou1kangouruo2kanguorou2
Edit distance from "kangourou"

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 "kangourou"?
"kangourou" is spelled K-A-N-G-O-U-R-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu\.
What does "kangourou" mean?
As a noun, "kangourou" means: Animal de l’ordre des marsupiaux, originaire d’Australie caractérisé par le volume de sa queue et par la longueur de ses membres postérieurs dont il se sert pour sauter.
What words are commonly confused with "kangourou"?
"kangourou" is commonly confused with "kangourous". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kangourou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kangourou" is \kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kangourou" come from?
"kangourou" 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 "kangourou", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lagardère#28,228intuitive#28,213inclinant#28,207imprudent#28,203

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

iraniennes12 variantsimpulsif12 variantsgélatine12 variantsgreniers12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list