keep

\kiːp\

/\kiːp\/ verb

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The verdict

“keep” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,061. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,061
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-keep · keep · French

keep · rank #21,061 · 5 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,061
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jéhovah

Nearest frequency peer: Jéhovah (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « keep »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « keep » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

keep vs ken
50% similar
keep vs key
50% similar
keep vs keV
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for keep
PropertyValue
Headwordkeep
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kiːp\
Letters4
Frequency rank#21,061
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « keep »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.keepse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Jéhovah » (#21,060), « jv » (#21,059), « lez » (#21,063). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « keep » est au #21,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around keep (IPA \kiːp\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,061 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for keep, with forms such as "ekep", "keepp", and "kep". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is keep, spelled K-E-E-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Garder.
  2. 2
    Retenir.
  3. 3
    Conserver.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Please keep your ticket with you until you get off the train.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ekep
  • keepp
  • kep
  • kepe
  • kkeep

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of keep - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ekep2keepp1kep1kepe2kkeep1
Edit distance from "keep"

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 "keep"?
"keep" is spelled K-E-E-P. The IPA pronunciation is \kiːp\.
What does "keep" mean?
As a verb, "keep" means: Garder.
What words are commonly confused with "keep"?
"keep" is commonly confused with "ken", "key", "keV". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "keep"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "keep" is \kiːp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "keep" come from?
"keep" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mous#21,092palm#21,104duty#20,990done#20,986

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

bave5 variantsToni5 variantsétui5 variantsagile5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list