keyboard

\ˈkiː.ˌbɔːd\

/\ˈkiː.ˌbɔːd\/ noun

The verdict

“keyboard” is uncommon French (frequency #61,635 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,635
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-keyboard · keyboard · French

keyboard · rank #61,635 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,635
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH keur

Nearest frequency peer: keur (-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 « keyboard »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « keyboard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for keyboard
PropertyValue
Headwordkeyboard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkiː.ˌbɔːd\
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,635
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « keyboard » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).keyboardtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « keur » (#61,634), « kip » (#61,637), « keeper » (#61,632). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « keyboard » est au #61,635. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

keyboard is uncommon French at frequency #61,635 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkiː.ˌbɔːd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for keyboard, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is keyboard, spelled K-E-Y-B-O-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clavier.
  2. 2
    Clavier.
  3. 3
    Synthétiseur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. There are a couple basic ways to learn how to play the keyboard or piano.

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 "keyboard"?
"keyboard" is spelled K-E-Y-B-O-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkiː.ˌbɔːd\.
What does "keyboard" mean?
As a noun, "keyboard" means: Clavier.
How do you pronounce "keyboard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "keyboard" is \ˈkiː.ˌbɔːd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list