Kauffmann
The verdict
“Kauffmann” is uncommon French (frequency #71,642 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,642
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille allemand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kauffmann · Kauffmann · French
Kauffmann · rank #71,642 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,642
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kasbah
Nearest frequency peer: kasbah (-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 « Kauffmann »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jurispruden…
jurisprudences
28,362 corpus weight
- karr
karr
28,361 corpus weight
- kasbah
kasbah
28,360 corpus weight
- Kauffmann
Kauffmann
28,359 corpus weight
- kee
kee
28,357 corpus weight
- keuf
keuf
28,356 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Kauffmann » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kauffmann |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Kauffmann » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Kauffmann is uncommon French at frequency #71,642 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille allemand.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kauffmann, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Kauffmann, spelled K-A-U-F-F-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille allemand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kauffmann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il revient de loin, assure même Cécile Kauffmann, animatrice du plan d’action national loutre pour la Société française pour l’étude et la protection des mammifères (SFEPM).
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.
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