Kiev
\kjɛv\
The verdict
“Kiev” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,430
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de l’Ukraine, chef-lieu de l’oblast de Kiev.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kiev · Kiev · French
Kiev · rank #11,430 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,430
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH L1
Nearest frequency peer: L1 (+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 « Kiev »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- insérer
insérer
88,574 corpus weight
- inégalité
inégalité
88,573 corpus weight
- Kiev
Kiev
88,571 corpus weight
- L1
L1
88,570 corpus weight
- libérales
libérales
88,569 corpus weight
- liga
liga
88,568 corpus weight
What this shows « Kiev » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kiev |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kjɛv\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Kiev »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Kiev (IPA \kjɛv\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,430 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kiev, with forms such as "ikev", "keiv", and "kievv". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "KV", "kim", "kit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Kiev, spelled K-I-E-V.
Definition
- 1Capitale de l’Ukraine, chef-lieu de l’oblast de Kiev.
- 2Gouvernement de l’Ukraine.
- 3Sous l’Empire russe : gouvernement (goubernia) de Kiev et de sa subdivision l’ouïezd de Kiev.
- 4Oblast situé en Ukraine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kiev appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Kiev » ou « Kyiv » ? Des médias ont choisi leur camp : la BBC ou plus récemment Libération n’utilisent plus le nom « Kiev », venu du russe, pour désigner la capitale de l’Ukraine, lui préférant son appellation ukrainienne « Kyiv », enjeu identitaire remis en lumière par la guerre.
La Russie, accusée de masser des troupes à la frontière ukrainienne, a mis en garde les Occidentaux vendredi contre toute ingérence militaire et averti Kiev de s’abstenir des « provocations », tout en assurant ne pas vouloir de conflit.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikev
- keiv
- kievv
- kive
- kkiev
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kiev - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).