Khéops

\ke.ɔps\

/\ke.ɔps\/ name

The verdict

“Khéops” is uncommon French (frequency #93,946 among 110,375 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,946
frequency rank, French
110,375
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pharaon égyptien, deuxième roi de la IVᵉ dynastie de l'Ancien Empire.

Key facts for Khéops
PropertyValue
HeadwordKhéops
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ke.ɔps\
Letters6
Frequency rank#93,946
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Khéops” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Khéops lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Khéops is uncommon French at frequency #93,946 among 110,375 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ke.ɔps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pharaon égyptien, deuxième roi de la IVᵉ dynastie de l'Ancien Empire.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Khéops, 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 tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Khéops, spelled K-H-É-O-P-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pharaon égyptien, deuxième roi de la IVᵉ dynastie de l'Ancien Empire.

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 "Khéops"?
"Khéops" is spelled K-H-É-O-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ke.ɔps\.
What does "Khéops" mean?
As a proper noun, "Khéops" means: Pharaon égyptien, deuxième roi de la IVᵉ dynastie de l'Ancien Empire.
How do you pronounce "Khéops"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Khéops" is \ke.ɔps\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Khéops" come from?
"Khéops" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Khéops”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is K-H-É-O-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ke.ɔps\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list