kilogramme
\ki.lo.ɡʁam\
The verdict
“kilogramme” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,343
- frequency rank, French
- 110,375
- “K” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité de masse dans le Système international d’unités (SI) qui a pour symbole kg. À l’origine le kilogramme représentait la masse d’un litre d’eau au maximum de sa densité, mais il a été défini com...
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 | kilogramme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ki.lo.ɡʁam\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #40,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kilogramme” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around kilogramme (IPA \ki.lo.ɡʁam\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,343 among 110,375 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unité de masse dans le Système international d’unités (SI) qui a pour symbole kg. À l’origine le kilogramme représentait la masse d’un litre d’eau au maximum de sa densité, mais il a été défini com...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for kilogramme, with forms such as "iklogramme", "kilgoramme", and "killogramme". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "kilogrammes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is kilogramme, spelled K-I-L-O-G-R-A-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Unité de masse dans le Système international d’unités (SI) qui a pour symbole kg. À l’origine le kilogramme représentait la masse d’un litre d’eau au maximum de sa densité, mais il a été défini comme la masse du prototype international du kilogramme sous la forme d'un cylindre de platine et d’iridium conservé au Bureau international des poids et mesures à Sèvres de 1889 à 2019. Il est désormais défini à partir de la constante de Planck (h) de la physique quantique.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iklogramme
- kilgoramme
- killogramme
- kilogarmme
- kiloggramme
- kilograme
- kilogramem
- kilogrmame
- kilogrramme
- kilorgamme
- kiolgramme
- kkilogramme
- kliogramme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kilogramme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “kilogramme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is K-I-L-O-G-R-A-M-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ki.lo.ɡʁam\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “kilogrammes” - see the side-by-side comparison. kilogramme vs kilogrammes
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.