kari
\ka.ʁi\
The verdict
“kari” is uncommon French (frequency #54,057 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,057
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de cari.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kari · kari · French
kari · rank #54,057 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,057
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kami
Nearest frequency peer: kami (-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 « kari »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jugea
jugea
45,947 corpus weight
- justifiable
justifiable
45,946 corpus weight
- kami
kami
45,945 corpus weight
- kari
kari
45,944 corpus weight
- Katerine
Katerine
45,943 corpus weight
- kawaii
kawaii
45,942 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kari » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kari |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kari » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kari is uncommon French at frequency #54,057 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for kari in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is kari, spelled K-A-R-I.
Definition
- 1Variante de cari.
- 2Plat traditionnel réunionnais ou mauricien d’origine tamoule, utilisant ces épices.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kari appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je fus parfaitement surpris de voir mes jolies voisines empiler sur leur assiette d’énormes cuillerées de riz qu'elles entouraient d’autres légumes et de viandes de toutes sortes, saupoudrer le tout de fortes quantités de piment et de kari, puis porter délicatement à leurs lèvres cette singulère composition qui rappelle le thé de madame Gibou.
Deux poivrières à compartiments, contenant quatre sortes de sauces diaboliques à bases de kari et de poivre rouge accompagnaient les cruches.
This word in other languages
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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