khmer

\kmɛʁ\

/\kmɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“khmer” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,834
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue du groupe des langues môn-khmères de la famille des langues austroasiatiques, parlée principalement au Cambodge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-khmer · khmer · French

khmer · rank #40,834 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,834
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kanté

Nearest frequency peer: kanté (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « khmer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « khmer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

khmer vs Kumar
40% similar
khmer vs khmers
83% similar
khmer vs Kamel
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for khmer
PropertyValue
Headwordkhmer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kmɛʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#40,834
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « khmer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.khmerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « kanté » (#40,833), « Killian » (#40,835), « juments » (#40,832). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « khmer » est au #40,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around khmer (IPA \kmɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,834 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Langue du groupe des langues môn-khmères de la famille des langues austroasiatiques, parlée principalement au Cambodge.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for khmer, with forms such as "hkmer", "khemr", and "khhmer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Kumar", "khmers", "Kamel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is khmer, spelled K-H-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue du groupe des langues môn-khmères de la famille des langues austroasiatiques, parlée principalement au Cambodge.

Synonyms

cambodgien

This word in other languages

Khmer(English)jemer(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hkmer
  • khemr
  • khhmer
  • khmerr
  • khmmer
  • khmre
  • kkhmer
  • kmher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of khmer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hkmer2khemr2khhmer1khmerr1khmmer1khmre2kkhmer1kmher2
Edit distance from "khmer"

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 "khmer"?
"khmer" is spelled K-H-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kmɛʁ\.
What does "khmer" mean?
As a noun, "khmer" means: Langue du groupe des langues môn-khmères de la famille des langues austroasiatiques, parlée principalement au Cambodge.
What words are commonly confused with "khmer"?
"khmer" is commonly confused with "Kumar", "khmers", "Kamel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "khmer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "khmer" is \kmɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "khmer" come from?
"khmer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "khmer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kanté#40,833Kroos#40,838Jodie#40,828jazzy#40,826

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Janice8 variantsirénée8 variantsLynda8 variantsinonde8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list