kiang
\kjɑ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“kiang” is uncommon French (frequency #94,963 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,963
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Âne sauvage du plateau tibétain où il se nourrit de plantes salées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kiang · kiang · French
kiang · rank #94,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,963
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kilotonnes
Nearest frequency peer: kilotonnes (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « kiang »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- karts
karts
5,044 corpus weight
- kayakiste
kayakiste
5,042 corpus weight
- keel
keel
5,040 corpus weight
- kiang
kiang
5,038 corpus weight
- kilotonnes
kilotonnes
5,037 corpus weight
- kristi
kristi
5,030 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kiang » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kiang |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kjɑ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kiang » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kiang is uncommon French at frequency #94,963 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kjɑ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Âne sauvage du plateau tibétain où il se nourrit de plantes salées.".
No misspelling variants are generated for kiang in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is kiang, spelled K-I-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Âne sauvage du plateau tibétain où il se nourrit de plantes salées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kiang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je fouillais les rives du regard, espérant la trace de yacks dont les piétinements indiquaient les gués. Au loin, des volées de kiangs, les ânes sauvages du Tibet, et des gazelles se jouaient des tourbières où nous pataugions.
Les kiangs, cousins des chevaux, n’avaient pas subi l’indignité de la domestication, mais l’armée chinoise les avait massacrés pour nourrir l’avancée des troupes, il y a un demi-siècle. Ceux-là étaient des survivants. Nous distinguions leur chanfrein bombé, leur crinière drue, leur croupe arrondie.
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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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