Kiabi

name

The verdict

“Kiabi” is uncommon French (frequency #56,064 among 110,375 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,064
frequency rank, French
110,375
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom d’une chaîne française de magasins de vêtements.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kiabi · Kiabi · French

Kiabi · rank #56,064 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,064
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 110,375
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kerala

Nearest frequency peer: Kerala (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Kiabi”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Kiabi” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Kiabi
PropertyValue
HeadwordKiabi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,064
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Kiabi” 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). Kiabi lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

Kiabi is uncommon French at frequency #56,064 among 110,375 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom d’une chaîne française de magasins de vêtements.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Kiabi in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Kiabi, spelled K-I-A-B-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom d’une chaîne française de magasins de vêtements.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kiabi"?
"Kiabi" is spelled K-I-A-B-I.
What does "Kiabi" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kiabi" means: Nom d’une chaîne française de magasins de vêtements.
What language does "Kiabi" come from?
"Kiabi" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list