kg

symbol

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The verdict

“kg” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,770) as a symbol. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,770
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Symbole du kilogramme, unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10³ grammes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kg · kg · French

kg · rank #3,770 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,770
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kevin

Nearest frequency peer: Kevin (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « kg »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « kg » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

kg vs km
50% similar
kg vs ki
50% similar
kg vs ko
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for kg
PropertyValue
Headwordkg
LanguageFrench
Part of speechSymbol
Letters2
Frequency rank#3,770
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « kg »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).kgse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Kevin » (#3,769), « latin » (#3,771), « jus » (#3,768). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kg » est au #3,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for kg is neighbouring look-alikes ("km", "ki", …), not just typos; it is asymbol. Frequency #3,770 among 737 “K” headwords. Gloss: "Symbole du kilogramme, unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10³ grammes.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kg, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "km", "ki", "ko", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is kg, spelled K-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Symbole du kilogramme, unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10³ grammes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Guénaël Lagadec, avec 13,430 kg de pêche, est monté sur la troisième marche du podium.

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 "kg"?
"kg" is spelled K-G.
What does "kg" mean?
As a symbol, "kg" means: Symbole du kilogramme, unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10³ grammes.
What words are commonly confused with "kg"?
"kg" is commonly confused with "km", "ki", "ko". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "kg" come from?
"kg" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list