Kasaï

\ka.saj\

/\ka.saj\/ name

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The verdict

“Kasaï” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,254
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière de l’Angola et de la République démocratique du Congo, affluent du fleuve Congo.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kasai · Kasaï · French

Kasaï · rank #46,254 · 6 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,254
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH justices

Nearest frequency peer: justices (-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 « Kasaï »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Kasaï » 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).

Kasaï vs kaya
40% similar
Kasaï vs kata
40% similar
Kasaï vs kayak
40% similar

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

Key facts for Kasaï
PropertyValue
HeadwordKasaï
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.saj\
Letters5
Frequency rank#46,254
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Kasaï »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Kasaïse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « justices » (#46,253), « kaya » (#46,255), « kleenex » (#46,256). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kasaï » est au #46,254. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Kasaï (IPA \ka.saj\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,254 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 Kasaï, with forms such as "aksaï", "kaasï", and "kassaï". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "kaya", "kata", "kayak", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Kasaï, spelled K-A-S-A-Ï.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rivière de l’Angola et de la République démocratique du Congo, affluent du fleuve Congo.
  2. 2
    Province de la République Démocratique du Congo ayant pour chef-lieu Luebo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les résultats des simulations au Kasaï montrent clairement que les flux de la saison des pluies sont sur- et sous-simulés de manière répétée pendant toute la période de calibrage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aksaï
  • kaasï
  • kassaï
  • kasïa
  • kkasaï
  • ksaaï

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kasaï - 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.

aksaï2kaasï2kassaï1kasïa2kkasaï1ksaaï2
Edit distance from "Kasaï"

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 "Kasaï"?
"Kasaï" is spelled K-A-S-A-Ï. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.saj\.
What does "Kasaï" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kasaï" means: Rivière de l’Angola et de la République démocratique du Congo, affluent du fleuve Congo.
What words are commonly confused with "Kasaï"?
"Kasaï" is commonly confused with "kaya", "kata", "kayak". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kasaï"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kasaï" is \ka.saj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kasaï" come from?
"Kasaï" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lasso#46,263Lecoq#46,267input#46,237loque#46,272

Similar misspelling depth

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

Maddie6 variantsgrip6 variantsPerl6 variantsrack6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list