khédive
\ke.div\
The verdict
“khédive” is uncommon French (frequency #97,077 among 110,375 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,077
- frequency rank, French
- 110,375
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Titre d’une dignité orientale, spécialement porté par le roi souverain d’Égypte, pacha.
Corpus desk
Index FR-khedive · khédive · French
khédive · rank #97,077 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,077
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 110,375
- PHOTO-FINISH Koehler
Nearest frequency peer: Koehler (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “khédive”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- keck
keck
2,929 corpus weight
- keirin
keirin
2,927 corpus weight
- khédive
khédive
2,924 corpus weight
- Koehler
Koehler
2,922 corpus weight
- kosmos
kosmos
2,919 corpus weight
- Koulibaly
Koulibaly
2,918 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “khédive” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | khédive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ke.div\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “khédive” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
khédive is uncommon French at frequency #97,077 among 110,375 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ke.div\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Titre d’une dignité orientale, spécialement porté par le roi souverain d’Égypte, pacha.".
khédive has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is khédive, spelled K-H-É-D-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Titre d’une dignité orientale, spécialement porté par le roi souverain d’Égypte, pacha.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "khédive", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.