Kassovitz

name

The verdict

“Kassovitz” is uncommon French (frequency #60,897 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,897
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kassovitz · Kassovitz · French

Kassovitz · rank #60,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,897
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH jungles

Nearest frequency peer: jungles (-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 « Kassovitz »

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 « Kassovitz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kassovitz
PropertyValue
HeadwordKassovitz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,897
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Kassovitz » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Kassovitztombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « jungles » (#60,896), « junction » (#60,895), « Kayes » (#60,899). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kassovitz » est au #60,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kassovitz is uncommon French at frequency #60,897 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kassovitz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Kassovitz, spelled K-A-S-S-O-V-I-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le film culte La Haine, sorti en 1995, va être adapté d’ici à « fin 2024 » en spectacle musical pour une tournée des Zénith de France, qui débutera par Paris, a annoncé Mathieu Kassovitz, dimanche.

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 "Kassovitz"?
"Kassovitz" is spelled K-A-S-S-O-V-I-T-Z.
What does "Kassovitz" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kassovitz" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Kassovitz" come from?
"Kassovitz" 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 "Kassovitz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list