Kew
\kjuː\
The verdict
“Kew” is uncommon French (frequency #82,160 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,160
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kew, banlieue de Londres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kew · Kew · French
Kew · rank #82,160 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,160
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH keum
Nearest frequency peer: keum (-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 « Kew »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kamas
kamas
17,844 corpus weight
- karstique
karstique
17,843 corpus weight
- keum
keum
17,842 corpus weight
- Kew
Kew
17,841 corpus weight
- Keylor
Keylor
17,840 corpus weight
- kitten
kitten
17,839 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Kew » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kew |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kjuː\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #82,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Kew » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Kew is uncommon French at frequency #82,160 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kjuː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kew, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Kew, spelled K-E-W.
Definition
- 1Kew, banlieue de Londres.
- 2Jardins royaux situés dans cette localité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kew appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kew Gardens.
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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