Keith

name

The verdict

“Keith” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,240
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-keith · Keith · French

Keith · rank #11,240 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,240
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH jeans

Nearest frequency peer: jeans (-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 « Keith »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Keith » 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).

Keith vs kit
40% similar
Keith vs kent
40% similar
Keith vs kits
40% similar

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

Key facts for Keith
PropertyValue
HeadwordKeith
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,240
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Keith »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Keithse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « jeans » (#11,239), « know » (#11,241), « inédits » (#11,238). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Keith » est au #11,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Keith, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,240 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Keith, with forms such as "ekith", "keiht", and "keithh". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "kit", "kent", "kits", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Keith, spelled K-E-I-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le chanteur star de la country Toby Keith s’est éteint, mardi, à l’âge de 62 ans.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ekith
  • keiht
  • keithh
  • keitth
  • ketih
  • kieth
  • kkeith

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Keith - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ekith2keiht2keithh1keitth1ketih2kieth2kkeith1
Edit distance from "Keith"

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 "Keith"?
"Keith" is spelled K-E-I-T-H.
What does "Keith" mean?
As a proper noun, "Keith" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Keith"?
"Keith" is commonly confused with "kit", "kent", "kits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Keith" come from?
"Keith" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list