Khashoggi
\χa.ʃɔɡ.ʒi\
The verdict
“Khashoggi” is uncommon French (frequency #78,553 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,553
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-khashoggi · Khashoggi · French
Khashoggi · rank #78,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,553
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kantar
Nearest frequency peer: kantar (-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 « Khashoggi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kadi
kadi
21,452 corpus weight
- kalou
kalou
21,451 corpus weight
- kantar
kantar
21,449 corpus weight
- Khashoggi
Khashoggi
21,448 corpus weight
- Kobané
Kobané
21,445 corpus weight
- komodo
komodo
21,444 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Khashoggi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Khashoggi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \χa.ʃɔɡ.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Khashoggi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Khashoggi is uncommon French at frequency #78,553 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \χa.ʃɔɡ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Khashoggi, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Khashoggi, spelled K-H-A-S-H-O-G-G-I.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Khashoggi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’homme fort de l’Arabie saoudite, connu pour emprisonner ses opposants, massacrer ses voisins yéménites mais aussi pour avoir fait assassiner et découper en morceaux le journaliste Jamal Khashoggi, impardonnable critique de son régime.
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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