kgs

\ki.lo.gʁam\

/\ki.lo.gʁam\/ symbol

The verdict

“kgs” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #49,752) as a symbol. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#49,752
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-kgs · kgs · French

kgs · rank #49,752 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,752
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kehl

Nearest frequency peer: Kehl (-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 « kgs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « kgs » 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).

kgs vs km
33% similar
kgs vs ki
33% similar
kgs vs ko
33% similar

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

Key facts for kgs
PropertyValue
Headwordkgs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechSymbol
IPA\ki.lo.gʁam\
Letters3
Frequency rank#49,752
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « kgs »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Kehl » (#49,751), « kicker » (#49,753), « jumper » (#49,750). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kgs » est au #49,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for kgs is neighbouring look-alikes ("km", "ki", …), not just typos; it is asymbol pronounced \ki.lo.gʁam\. Frequency #49,752 among 737 “K” headwords. Gloss: "Pluriel de kg.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kgs, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "km", "ki", "ko", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is kgs, spelled K-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de kg.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bonjour des kgs de cerises à venir cueillir à petit prix
  2. Bonjour,mon frère a un cancer du foie il est traité avec NEXAVAR 200 MG depuis 6 mois il a perdu 20 kgs mais il a bon moral est-ce que quelqu'un pourrait me dire comment le faire grossir ???

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 "kgs"?
"kgs" is spelled K-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ki.lo.gʁam\.
What does "kgs" mean?
As a symbol, "kgs" means: Pluriel de kg.
What words are commonly confused with "kgs"?
"kgs" is commonly confused with "km", "ki", "ko". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kgs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kgs" is \ki.lo.gʁam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kgs" come from?
"kgs" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list