Karate
\kaˈraːtə, kaˈʀɑːdə\
The verdict
“Karate” is uncommon French (frequency #63,116 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,116
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Karaté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-karate · Karate · French
Karate · rank #63,116 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,116
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kem
Nearest frequency peer: kem (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Karate »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jubilatoire
jubilatoire
36,888 corpus weight
- jubé
jubé
36,887 corpus weight
- Karate
Karate
36,885 corpus weight
- kem
kem
36,884 corpus weight
- kendo
kendo
36,883 corpus weight
- keyes
keyes
36,882 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Karate » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaˈraːtə, kaˈʀɑːdə\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Karate » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Karate is uncommon French at frequency #63,116 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaˈraːtə, kaˈʀɑːdə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Karaté.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Karate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Karate, spelled K-A-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Karaté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Karate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Leitspruch der Japan Karate Association lautet: „Nicht der Sieg noch die Niederlage im Kampf stehen beim Karate im Vordergrund.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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