Keira
\ˈki.ʁa\
The verdict
“Keira” is uncommon French (frequency #54,676 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,676
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-keira · Keira · French
Keira · rank #54,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,676
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kieffer
Nearest frequency peer: kieffer (+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 « Keira »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kaléidoscope
kaléidoscope
45,330 corpus weight
- Keira
Keira
45,325 corpus weight
- kieffer
kieffer
45,324 corpus weight
- knife
knife
45,323 corpus weight
- Konan
Konan
45,322 corpus weight
- Kraus
Kraus
45,320 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Keira » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Keira |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈki.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Keira » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Keira is uncommon French at frequency #54,676 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈki.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Keira in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Keira, spelled K-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Keira appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Keira Knightley s’est ouverte sur les mauvais traitements infligés par les paparazzi, lorsqu'elle était plus jeune.
Keira Hamraoui ne sera, en revanche, pas de la partie.
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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