Kenji

name

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The verdict

“Kenji” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,113
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin japonais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kenji · Kenji · French

Kenji · rank #35,113 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,113
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kamikazes

Nearest frequency peer: kamikazes (-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 « Kenji »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Kenji » 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).

Kenji vs kent
40% similar
Kenji vs Kenya
60% similar
Kenji vs Kenny
60% similar

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

Key facts for Kenji
PropertyValue
HeadwordKenji
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,113
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Kenji »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Kenjise place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « kamikazes » (#35,112), « Kessler » (#35,114), « julienne » (#35,111). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kenji » est au #35,113. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Kenji, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,113 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin japonais.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kenji, with forms such as "eknji", "kejni", and "kenij". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "kent", "Kenya", "Kenny", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Kenji, spelled K-E-N-J-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin japonais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si, quand on vous parle de Nicky Larson, vous avez le générique chanté par Jean-Paul Césari en tête, vous allez vous éclater avec Nicky Larson, Angel Dust de Kazuyoshi Takeuchi et Kenji Kodama.
  2. Pré-publications et notes de Kenji Lefèvre-Hasegawa.

This word in other languages

Kenji(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eknji
  • kejni
  • kenij
  • kenjji
  • kennji
  • kkenji
  • kneji

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kenji - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eknji2kejni2kenij2kenjji1kennji1kkenji1kneji2
Edit distance from "Kenji"

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 "Kenji"?
"Kenji" is spelled K-E-N-J-I.
What does "Kenji" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kenji" means: Prénom masculin japonais.
What words are commonly confused with "Kenji"?
"Kenji" is commonly confused with "kent", "Kenya", "Kenny". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Kenji" come from?
"Kenji" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

krach#35,116liane#35,125Linky#35,128lires#35,129

Similar misspelling depth

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

logic7 variantsLoing7 variantsGuyon7 variantsmidis7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list