Kilimandjaro

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The verdict

“Kilimandjaro” is uncommon French (frequency #60,139 among 110,375 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,139
frequency rank, French
110,375
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Montagne située dans le Nord-Est de la Tanzanie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kilimandjaro · Kilimandjaro · French

Kilimandjaro · rank #60,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,139
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 110,375
  • PHOTO-FINISH kiffent

Nearest frequency peer: kiffent (-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 “Kilimandjaro”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Kilimandjaro” 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 Kilimandjaro
PropertyValue
HeadwordKilimandjaro
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters12
Frequency rank#60,139
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Kilimandjaro” 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). Kilimandjaro 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

Kilimandjaro is uncommon French at frequency #60,139 among 110,375 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Montagne située dans le Nord-Est de la Tanzanie.".

Kilimandjaro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Kilimandjaro, spelled K-I-L-I-M-A-N-D-J-A-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Montagne située dans le Nord-Est de la Tanzanie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kilimandjaro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais, à présent, tout était enveloppé de brouillard. Pour seul repère, j’avais, juste en face, au bout du ciel, sur la cime du monde, la table cyclopéenne chargée de neiges éternelles qui couronne le Kilimandjaro.
  2. La Tanzanie, pays de 58 millions d'habitants connu pour ses parcs naturels, l'île de Zanzibar et le Kilimandjaro, a longtemps été considérée comme un havre de stabilité dans une région particulièrement volatile.

This word in other languages

Kilimanjaro(English)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kilimandjaro"?
"Kilimandjaro" is spelled K-I-L-I-M-A-N-D-J-A-R-O.
What does "Kilimandjaro" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kilimandjaro" means: Montagne située dans le Nord-Est de la Tanzanie.
What language does "Kilimandjaro" come from?
"Kilimandjaro" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

interressant#60,110intempestive#60,108inexpliquées#60,101inexactitude#60,100
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