khatib
\ka.tib\
The verdict
“khatib” is uncommon French (frequency #80,343 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,343
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prédicateur, orateur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-khatib · khatib · French
khatib · rank #80,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,343
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kepel
Nearest frequency peer: kepel (-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 « khatib »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Katowice
Katowice
19,662 corpus weight
- Keene
Keene
19,661 corpus weight
- kepel
kepel
19,660 corpus weight
- khatib
khatib
19,658 corpus weight
- kidnappeurs
kidnappeurs
19,656 corpus weight
- killa
killa
19,655 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « khatib » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | khatib |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.tib\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « khatib » en français
Rare enough to double-check
khatib is uncommon French at frequency #80,343 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.tib\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prédicateur, orateur.".
Zero misspellings are on record for khatib in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is khatib, spelled K-H-A-T-I-B.
Definition
- 1Prédicateur, orateur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how khatib appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il en est de même du khatib; tous les imams des mosquées le suivent, ils se taisent pendant qu'il prononce la khotba, ils prient derrière lui, le khatib leur servant à tous d'imam.
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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