kart

\kaʁt\

/\kaʁt\/ noun

The verdict

“kart” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,914. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,914
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite voiture monoplace à quatre roues, équipée d’un moteur de petite cylindrée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kart · kart · French

kart · rank #22,914 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,914
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Juncker

Nearest frequency peer: Juncker (-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 « kart »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « kart » 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).

kart vs kr
50% similar
kart vs kt
50% similar
kart vs kit
50% similar

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

Key facts for kart
PropertyValue
Headwordkart
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,914
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kart »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.kartse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Juncker » (#22,913), « Khaled » (#22,915), « jugeait » (#22,912). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kart » est au #22,914. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around kart (IPA \kaʁt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,914 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for kart, with forms such as "akrt", "karrt", and "kartt". 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, "kr", "kt", "kit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 kart, spelled K-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite voiture monoplace à quatre roues, équipée d’un moteur de petite cylindrée.
  2. 2
    Discipline de sport automobile utilisant ce genre de véhicules.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jacques Villeneuve, qui ne courait plus en karting, me prêta à nouveau son kart de F125 pour toute la saison 1990.
  2. « Tu n'as que ta bite et ton couteau » était une phrase fétiche de son frangin quand il « mécaniquait » ses Mobylettes et ensuite ses karts dans le garage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • akrt
  • karrt
  • kartt
  • katr
  • kkart
  • krat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kart - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

akrt2karrt1kartt1katr2kkart1krat2
Edit distance from "kart"

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 "kart"?
"kart" is spelled K-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁt\.
What does "kart" mean?
As a noun, "kart" means: Petite voiture monoplace à quatre roues, équipée d’un moteur de petite cylindrée.
What words are commonly confused with "kart"?
"kart" is commonly confused with "kr", "kt", "kit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kart"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kart" is \kaʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kart" come from?
"kart" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list