kicker

/\ki.kœʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,753

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

kicker is aFrenchnoun. It means: Baby-foot, football de table. Pronounced \ki.kœʁ\. Often confused with killer and kiffer.

Key facts for kicker
PropertyValue
Headwordkicker
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ki.kœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,753
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of kicker in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for kicker is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ki.kœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #49,753 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for kicker, with forms such as "ikcker", "kciker", and "kiccker". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "killer", "kiffer", "kick", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is kicker, spelled K-I-C-K-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Baby-foot, football de table.
  2. 2
    Carte de départage, carte la plus haute ne contribuant pas à la formation d’une main de poker mais qui fait la différence entre deux mains de niveau équivalent. Par exemple, la cinquième carte d’un carré.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ikcker,kciker,kiccker,kicekr,kickerr,kickker,kickre,kikcer,kkicker

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for kicker

Misspelling Variants of "kicker"

ikcker6kciker6kiccker7kicekr6kickerr7kickker7kickre6kikcer6
Misspelling Variants of "kicker"

Frequency rank: #49,753 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kicker"?
"kicker" is spelled K-I-C-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ki.kœʁ\.
What does "kicker" mean?
As a noun, "kicker" means: Baby-foot, football de table.
What words are commonly confused with "kicker"?
"kicker" is commonly confused with "killer", "kiffer", "kick". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kicker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kicker" is \ki.kœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kicker" come from?
"kicker" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter K in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.