Kimberly

name

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The verdict

“Kimberly” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,385
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kimberly · Kimberly · French

Kimberly · rank #38,385 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #38,385
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH knowledge

Nearest frequency peer: knowledge (+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 « Kimberly »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Kimberly » 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).

Kimberly vs Kimberley
89% similar

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

Key facts for Kimberly
PropertyValue
HeadwordKimberly
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,385
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Kimberly »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Kimberlyse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « knowledge » (#38,386), « Kerr » (#38,383), « Ks » (#38,387). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kimberly » est au #38,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Kimberly, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,385 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kimberly, with forms such as "ikmberly", "kibmerly", and "kimbberly". 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, "Kimberley", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Kimberly, spelled K-I-M-B-E-R-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Kimberly Torres, 23 ans, n’est pas du même avis.
  2. «Il attaque ceux qui expriment leur désaccord démocratiquement au lieu de poursuivre ceux qui tuent des civils innocents», a critiqué Kimberly Stanton, de l’association américaine Wola.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ikmberly
  • kibmerly
  • kimbberly
  • kimbelry
  • kimberlly
  • kimberlyy
  • kimberrly
  • kimberyl
  • kimbrely
  • kimebrly
  • kimmberly
  • kkimberly
  • kmiberly

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kimberly - 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.

ikmberly2kibmerly2kimbberly1kimbelry2kimberlly1kimberlyy1kimberrly1kimberyl2
Edit distance from "Kimberly"

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 "Kimberly"?
"Kimberly" is spelled K-I-M-B-E-R-L-Y.
What does "Kimberly" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kimberly" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Kimberly"?
"Kimberly" is commonly confused with "Kimberley". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Kimberly" come from?
"Kimberly" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lavergne#38,392Libourne#38,394liqueurs#38,398insultée#38,367

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

invoquent13 variantsindicible13 variantsmerdiques13 variantsmonoplace13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list