kilomètres

\ki.lɔ.mɛtʁ\

/\ki.lɔ.mɛtʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“kilomètres” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,821. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,821
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de kilomètre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kilometres · kilomètres · French

kilomètres · rank #1,821 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,821
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH joie

Nearest frequency peer: joie (-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 « kilomètres »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « kilomètres » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

kilomètres vs kilomètre
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for kilomètres
PropertyValue
Headwordkilomètres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ki.lɔ.mɛtʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,821
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kilomètres »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.kilomètresse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « joie » (#1,820), « Laurent » (#1,822), « inscrit » (#1,819). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kilomètres » est au #1,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around kilomètres (IPA \ki.lɔ.mɛtʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,821 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de kilomètre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for kilomètres, with forms such as "iklomètres", "killomètres", and "kilmoètres". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "kilomètre", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is kilomètres, spelled K-I-L-O-M-È-T-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de kilomètre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’État a choisi le dossier Cofiroute et son tunnel de dix kilomètres à deux niveaux de circulation superposés réservé aux seuls véhicules légers : les poids lourds n’emprunteront pas l'ouvrage, ils auront le leur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iklomètres
  • killomètres
  • kilmoètres
  • kilometres
  • kilommètres
  • kilomtères
  • kilomèrtes
  • kilomèters
  • kilomètress
  • kilomètrres
  • kilomètrse
  • kilomèttres
  • kiloèmtres
  • kiolmètres
  • kkilomètres
  • kliomètres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kilomètres - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iklomètres2killomètres1kilmoètres2kilometres1kilommètres1kilomtères2kilomèrtes2kilomèters2
Edit distance from "kilomètres"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kilomètres"?
"kilomètres" is spelled K-I-L-O-M-È-T-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ki.lɔ.mɛtʁ\.
What does "kilomètres" mean?
As a noun, "kilomètres" means: Pluriel de kilomètre.
What words are commonly confused with "kilomètres"?
"kilomètres" is commonly confused with "kilomètre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kilomètres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kilomètres" is \ki.lɔ.mɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kilomètres" come from?
"kilomètres" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list