keen
\ˈkiːn\
The verdict
“keen” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #44,012) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #44,012
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enthousiaste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-keen · keen · French
keen · rank #44,012 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,012
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Keane
Nearest frequency peer: Keane (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « keen »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- jia
jia
55,993 corpus weight
- K7
K7
55,991 corpus weight
- Keane
Keane
55,990 corpus weight
- keen
keen
55,989 corpus weight
- Kippour
Kippour
55,988 corpus weight
- Knesset
Knesset
55,987 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « keen » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈkiːn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #44,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « keen »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for keen is neighbouring look-alikes ("ken", "key", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \ˈkiːn\. Frequency #44,012 among 737 “K” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for keen, with forms such as "eken", "keenn", and "kene". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ken", "key", "keV", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is keen, spelled K-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1Enthousiaste.
- 2Tenant à...
- 3Aiguisé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how keen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prime Minister was keen to emphasize his new government.
Keen not to seem too intriguing, he feigned ignorance.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eken
- keenn
- kene
- kkeen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of keen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "keen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).