kernel
\kɛʁ.nɛl\
The verdict
“kernel” is uncommon French (frequency #55,397 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,397
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Noyau de système d'exploitation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kernel · kernel · French
kernel · rank #55,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,397
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kawa
Nearest frequency peer: kawa (-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 « kernel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kam
kam
44,608 corpus weight
- karité
karité
44,607 corpus weight
- kawa
kawa
44,606 corpus weight
- kernel
kernel
44,604 corpus weight
- Kouachi
Kouachi
44,602 corpus weight
- Kunst
Kunst
44,601 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kernel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kernel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛʁ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kernel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kernel is uncommon French at frequency #55,397 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛʁ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Noyau de système d'exploitation.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kernel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is kernel, spelled K-E-R-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Noyau de système d'exploitation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kernel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Mac Pro 2010 démarrent par défaut avec le kernel en 64 bits
Puis l’équipe a découvert Multipath TCP (MPTCP), une extension du protocole TCP disponible sous forme de patch du kernel Linux, sur laquelle travaille l’Université Catholique de Louvain, en Belgique.
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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