keno
\ˈkɛnɔ\
The verdict
“keno” is uncommon French (frequency #88,798 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,798
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Par le long de, en suivant (passage).
Corpus desk
Index FR-keno · keno · French
keno · rank #88,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,798
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kell
Nearest frequency peer: kell (-2 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 « keno »
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 « keno » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keno |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \ˈkɛnɔ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #88,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « keno » en français
Rare enough to double-check
keno is uncommon French at frequency #88,798 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed \ˈkɛnɔ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Par le long de, en suivant (passage).".
keno doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is keno, spelled K-E-N-O.
Definition
- 1Par le long de, en suivant (passage).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how keno appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele wazdel titid gasitanyaf, gael rotrasputur keno wazdel. Acum gael va vipa anye kalnaleter.
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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