kaoliang
The verdict
“kaoliang” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorgho de Chine
Corpus desk
Index FR-kaoliang · kaoliang · French
kaoliang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kaoliang |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kaoliang » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kaoliang is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kaoliang, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is kaoliang, spelled K-A-O-L-I-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Sorgho de Chine
- 2Vin de sorgho
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kaoliang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Occidentaux et Japonais ont répété à l'envi que le Chinois abandonné à lui-même n'était bon qu'à cultiver le kaoliang : chaque tunnel percé, chaque machine fabriquée est une réponse orgueilleuse à ce défi.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.