Kellermann
The verdict
“Kellermann” is uncommon French (frequency #60,137 among 110,375 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,137
- frequency rank, French
- 110,375
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kellermann · Kellermann · French
Kellermann · rank #60,137 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,137
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 110,375
- PHOTO-FINISH kiffent
Nearest frequency peer: kiffent (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kellermann”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kairouan
Kairouan
39,868 corpus weight
- Kamil
Kamil
39,867 corpus weight
- Kellermann
Kellermann
39,864 corpus weight
- kiffent
kiffent
39,863 corpus weight
- Kilimandjaro
Kilimandjaro
39,862 corpus weight
- Kirsch
Kirsch
39,861 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kellermann” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kellermann |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kellermann” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kellermann is uncommon French at frequency #60,137 among 110,375 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kellermann in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Kellermann, spelled K-E-L-L-E-R-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kellermann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour Rachel Arditi, il s’agit d’Annette Kellermann, championne de natation qui a inventé le maillot de bain féminin.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.