kangourous
\kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu\
The verdict
“kangourous” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,991. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,991
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de kangourou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kangourous · kangourous · French
kangourous · rank #47,991 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #47,991
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kanak
Nearest frequency peer: kanak (-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 « kangourous »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- 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
- known
known
52,006 corpus weight
What this shows « kangourous » 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 | kangourous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #47,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kangourous »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around kangourous (IPA \kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,991 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de kangourou.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for kangourous, with forms such as "akngourous", "kagnourous", and "kanggourous". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "kangourou", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is kangourous, spelled K-A-N-G-O-U-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de kangourou.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kangourous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akngourous
- kagnourous
- kanggourous
- kangoruous
- kangouorus
- kangourosu
- kangourouss
- kangourrous
- kangouruos
- kanguorous
- kanngourous
- kanogurous
- kkangourous
- knagourous
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kangourous - 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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).