kanté

verb

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The verdict

“kanté” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,833. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,833
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se mettre sur le flanc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kante · kanté · French

kanté · rank #40,833 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,833
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH juments

Nearest frequency peer: juments (-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 « kanté »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « kanté » 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).

kanté vs kat
60% similar
kanté vs Kate
40% similar
kanté vs kent
60% similar

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

Key facts for kanté
PropertyValue
Headwordkanté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#40,833
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kanté »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.kantése 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 « juments » (#40,832), « khmer » (#40,834), « jugeons » (#40,831). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kanté » est au #40,833. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around kanté, averb. Corpus frequency is #40,833 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for kanté, with forms such as "aknté", "kannté", and "kante". 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, "kat", "Kate", "kent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is kanté, spelled K-A-N-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se mettre sur le flanc.
  2. 2
    Se pencher, se mettre dans une position oblique, inclinée, vers le bas.
  3. 3
    Pencher, se dit de tout ce qui est hors de son aplomb, hors de la ligne perpendiculaire ; de tout ce qui n’est pas de niveau, qui va en descendant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tanbou ka fè neg kanté tet si koté.

Synonyms

ployépanché

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aknté
  • kannté
  • kante
  • kantté
  • kanét
  • katné
  • kkanté
  • knaté

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kanté - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aknté2kannté1kante1kantté1kanét2katné2kkanté1knaté2
Edit distance from "kanté"

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 "kanté"?
"kanté" is spelled K-A-N-T-É.
What does "kanté" mean?
As a verb, "kanté" means: Se mettre sur le flanc.
What words are commonly confused with "kanté"?
"kanté" is commonly confused with "kat", "Kate", "kent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "kanté" come from?
"kanté" 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 "kanté", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

khmer#40,834Jodie#40,828Kroos#40,838jazzy#40,826

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Janice8 variantsirénée8 variantsLynda8 variantsinonde8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list