Kayser

name

The verdict

“Kayser” is uncommon French (frequency #52,144 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,144
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-kayser · Kayser · French

Kayser · rank #52,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,144
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Keegan

Nearest frequency peer: Keegan (+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 « Kayser »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kayser
PropertyValue
HeadwordKayser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,144
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Kayser » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Kaysertombe 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: « Keegan » (#52,145), « kaka » (#52,142), « Kelley » (#52,146). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kayser » est au #52,144. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kayser is uncommon French at frequency #52,144 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Kayser in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Kayser, spelled K-A-Y-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On passe toutes nos journées en télétravail sur des appareils numériques, prévient Mireille Tritz-Kayser.

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 "Kayser"?
"Kayser" is spelled K-A-Y-S-E-R.
What does "Kayser" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kayser" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Kayser" come from?
"Kayser" 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 "Kayser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list