karman

noun

The verdict

“karman” is uncommon French (frequency #96,048 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,048
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raccordement d’aile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-karman · karman · French

karman · rank #96,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,048
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kamoulox

Nearest frequency peer: kamoulox (-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 « karman »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « karman » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for karman
PropertyValue
Headwordkarman
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,048
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « karman » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.karmantombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « kamoulox » (#96,047), « Kagoshima » (#96,046), « Kaduna » (#96,045). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « karman » est au #96,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

karman is uncommon French at frequency #96,048 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for karman, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is karman, spelled K-A-R-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Raccordement d’aile.
  2. 2
    Variante de karma.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nantes assure aussi la maîtrise d'œuvre des matériaux composites : les bords d'attaque et de fuite, les carénages de bas de volets et les karmans en sandwich et nida, les ailerons en carbone, les panneaux des volets de courbure et des nacelles des moteurs en sandwich carbone et nida.
  2. Toute pensée, toute parole ou tout acte génère des fruits ou des conséquences. Un acte bienfaisant aura des incidences positives et un acte malfaisant des incidences négatives. La vie de tout humain dépend de son karman passé.

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 "karman"?
"karman" is spelled K-A-R-M-A-N.
What does "karman" mean?
As a noun, "karman" means: Raccordement d’aile.
What language does "karman" come from?
"karman" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "karman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list