képi
\ke.pi\
The verdict
“képi” is uncommon French (frequency #57,365 among 110,375 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,365
- frequency rank, French
- 110,375
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de coiffure semi-rigide, à fond plat, en drap, munie d’une visière, en usage dans certaines armées.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | képi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ke.pi\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “képi” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
képi is uncommon French at frequency #57,365 among 110,375 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ke.pi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for képi, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is képi, spelled K-É-P-I.
Definition
- 1Sorte de coiffure semi-rigide, à fond plat, en drap, munie d’une visière, en usage dans certaines armées.
- 2Coiffure que portent les employés de certaines administrations.
- 3Policier, spécialement policier en uniforme ou un membre des forces de l'ordre en général (police, gendarmes).
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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Using “képi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is K-É-P-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ke.pi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.