Kaufmann

name

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The verdict

“Kaufmann” is uncommon French (frequency #50,318 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,318
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-kaufmann · Kaufmann · French

Kaufmann · rank #50,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,318
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Katarina

Nearest frequency peer: Katarina (-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 « Kaufmann »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kaufmann
PropertyValue
HeadwordKaufmann
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,318
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Kaufmann » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Kaufmanntombe 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: « Katarina » (#50,317), « Krug » (#50,319), « Kampala » (#50,316). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kaufmann » est au #50,318. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kaufmann is uncommon French at frequency #50,318 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Kaufmann has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Kaufmann, spelled K-A-U-F-M-A-N-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pierre Kaufmann.
  2. Léopold Kaufmann.

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 "Kaufmann"?
"Kaufmann" is spelled K-A-U-F-M-A-N-N.
What does "Kaufmann" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kaufmann" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Kaufmann" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Katarina#50,317lacustre#50,321Lamballe#50,322Leinster#50,326

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list