kell
\ˈkɛlː\
The verdict
“kell” is uncommon French (frequency #88,796 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,796
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Testicule, couille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kell · kell · French
kell · rank #88,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,796
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kdo
Nearest frequency peer: kdo (-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 « kell »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Karnataka
Karnataka
11,209 corpus weight
- Kassel
Kassel
11,207 corpus weight
- kdo
kdo
11,206 corpus weight
- kell
kell
11,205 corpus weight
- keno
keno
11,203 corpus weight
- keynésianis…
keynésianisme
11,201 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kell » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kell |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkɛlː\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #88,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kell » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kell is uncommon French at frequency #88,796 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɛlː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Testicule, couille.".
kell doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is kell, spelled K-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1Testicule, couille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kell appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ar sperloeniganed end-eeun a zeu diouzh ar cʼhelloù, met ar plama-sper a zo anezhañ ur cʼhemmeskad dourennoù kendercʼhet ha diskarget gant a bep seurt gwagrennoù (kelloù, argelloù, […]).
(…) devet eo bet o cʼhof ha lakaet anezho da ziwaskañ poanioù kriz pa veze gwasket o divgell dre zaouarn o bourevien […].
Synonyms
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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