kilt
\kilt\
The verdict
“kilt” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,629
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jupe courte fait traditionnellement de pure laine aux motifs colorés d’un tartan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kilt · kilt · French
kilt · rank #48,629 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,629
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Kilian
Nearest frequency peer: Kilian (-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 « kilt »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- kata
kata
51,376 corpus weight
- Kilian
Kilian
51,373 corpus weight
- kilt
kilt
51,372 corpus weight
- Kimberley
Kimberley
51,371 corpus weight
- Klopp
Klopp
51,370 corpus weight
- Kohl
Kohl
51,369 corpus weight
What this shows « kilt » 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 | kilt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kilt\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kilt »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around kilt (IPA \kilt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,629 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for kilt, with forms such as "iklt", "killt", and "kiltt". 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, "kt", "kim", "kit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 kilt, spelled K-I-L-T.
Definition
- 1Jupe courte fait traditionnellement de pure laine aux motifs colorés d’un tartan.
- 2Jupe féminine de cette forme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kilt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À une certaine époque, les Écossais n’avaient pas le droit de porter le kilt, seulement les pantalons.
Dans la rue des Grands-Godeaux, nous nous sommes retournées pour faire face à l’objectif, je porte un mini kilt invraisemblable, au retour des vacances nos cheveux sont presque blancs.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iklt
- killt
- kiltt
- kitl
- kkilt
- klit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kilt - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kilt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (6 here; floor ≥5).