kendo
\kɛn.do\
The verdict
“kendo” is uncommon French (frequency #63,118 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,118
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art martial d’origine japonaise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kendo · kendo · French
kendo · rank #63,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,118
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kem
Nearest frequency peer: kem (-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 « kendo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jubilatoire
jubilatoire
36,888 corpus weight
- jubé
jubé
36,887 corpus weight
- Karate
Karate
36,885 corpus weight
- kem
kem
36,884 corpus weight
- kendo
kendo
36,883 corpus weight
- keyes
keyes
36,882 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kendo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kendo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛn.do\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kendo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kendo is uncommon French at frequency #63,118 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛn.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Art martial d’origine japonaise.".
Zero misspellings are on record for kendo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 kendo, spelled K-E-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Art martial d’origine japonaise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kendo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et pourtant, comme tout art martial, le kendo est essentiellement affaire de technicité, de spiritualité et de maîtrise de soi.
This word in other languages
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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