Kayes
\ka.jɛs\
The verdict
“Kayes” is uncommon French (frequency #60,899 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,899
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville de l’ouest du Mali.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kayes · Kayes · French
Kayes · rank #60,899 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,899
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Khadafi
Nearest frequency peer: Khadafi (+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 « Kayes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- junction
junction
39,106 corpus weight
- jungles
jungles
39,105 corpus weight
- Kassovitz
Kassovitz
39,104 corpus weight
- Kayes
Kayes
39,102 corpus weight
- Khadafi
Khadafi
39,101 corpus weight
- Klimt
Klimt
39,099 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Kayes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kayes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.jɛs\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Kayes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Kayes is uncommon French at frequency #60,899 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.jɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville de l’ouest du Mali.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kayes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Kayes, spelled K-A-Y-E-S.
Definition
- 1Ville de l’ouest du Mali.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kayes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous nous enfonçons vers l’est, dans le Sahel, au cœur de l’Afrique. La voie ferrée passe par Gaudira, Diboli et Kayes, une grande ville, au Mali cette fois.
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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