kibitka
\ki.bit.ka\
The verdict
“kibitka” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Charriot ou traineau russe couvert, contrairement à la troïka, tiré par un attelage de trois chevaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kibitka · kibitka · French
kibitka · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kibitka |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ki.bit.ka\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
kibitka is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ki.bit.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
kibitka doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is kibitka, spelled K-I-B-I-T-K-A.
Definition
- 1Charriot ou traineau russe couvert, contrairement à la troïka, tiré par un attelage de trois chevaux.
- 2Tente en feutre des peuples nomades de Boukharie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kibitka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sitôt la grande route quittée, la contrée changea du tout au tout : nous entrions dans la steppe. Jusqu’à l’horizon lointain, les hautes herbes jaunes craquant de sécheresse me rappelaient la plaine bordant les rives de l’Amou-Daria, l’ancien Oxus. Mais il y manquait les kibitka, ces tentes rondes en feutre que j’avais vues dans les régions s’étalant de l…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.