khao
\xaɔ˦\
The verdict
“khao” is uncommon French (frequency #76,724 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,724
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fêter; (infml. ) arroser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-khao · khao · French
khao · rank #76,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,724
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH keren
Nearest frequency peer: keren (-2 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 « khao »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- keren
keren
23,279 corpus weight
- khao
khao
23,277 corpus weight
- kidnappées
kidnappées
23,275 corpus weight
- kirin
kirin
23,274 corpus weight
- klotz
klotz
23,272 corpus weight
- Krieg
Krieg
23,270 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « khao » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | khao |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \xaɔ˦\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #76,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « khao » en français
Rare enough to double-check
khao is uncommon French at frequency #76,724 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \xaɔ˦\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fêter; (infml. ) arroser.".
Zero misspellings are on record for khao in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 khao, spelled K-H-A-O.
Definition
- 1Fêter; (infml. ) arroser.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).