Katowice

\ka.to.vis\

/\ka.to.vis\/ name

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The verdict

“Katowice” is uncommon French (frequency #80,339 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,339
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville polonaise, capitale de la Haute-Silésie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-katowice · Katowice · French

Katowice · rank #80,339 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,339
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Katharina

Nearest frequency peer: Katharina (-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 « Katowice »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Katowice
PropertyValue
HeadwordKatowice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.to.vis\
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,339
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Katowice » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Katharina » (#80,338), « Keene » (#80,340), « Karénine » (#80,337). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Katowice » est au #80,339. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Katowice is uncommon French at frequency #80,339 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.to.vis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville polonaise, capitale de la Haute-Silésie.".

Katowice doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Katowice, spelled K-A-T-O-W-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville polonaise, capitale de la Haute-Silésie.

This word in other languages

Katowice(English)Kattowitz(Deutsch)

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 "Katowice"?
"Katowice" is spelled K-A-T-O-W-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.to.vis\.
What does "Katowice" mean?
As a proper noun, "Katowice" means: Ville polonaise, capitale de la Haute-Silésie.
How do you pronounce "Katowice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Katowice" is \ka.to.vis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Katowice" come from?
"Katowice" 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 "Katowice", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Karénine#80,337Irkoutsk#80,325laughing#80,360intentés#80,315

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list