KGB
\ka.ʒe.be\
The verdict
“KGB” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #26,076 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #26,076
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Principal service de renseignement de l’Union soviétique post-stalinienne, entre 1954 et 1991.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | KGB |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʒe.be\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #26,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “KGB” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for KGB is 3 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʒe.be\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,076 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for KGB in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "km", "ki", "ko", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is KGB, spelled K-G-B.
Definition
- 1Principal service de renseignement de l’Union soviétique post-stalinienne, entre 1954 et 1991.
- 2Principal service de renseignement de la Biélorussie.
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 “KGB”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is K-G-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ʒe.be\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “km” - see the side-by-side comparison. KGB vs km
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.