kimchi
\kim.ʃi\
The verdict
“kimchi” is uncommon French (frequency #75,821 among 110,375 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,821
- frequency rank, French
- 110,375
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mets traditionnel coréen composé de piments et de légumes fermentés à l’ail, souvent à base de chou chinois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kimchi · kimchi · French
kimchi · rank #75,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,821
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 110,375
- PHOTO-FINISH Kempf
Nearest frequency peer: Kempf (-2 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 “kimchi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Karsten
Karsten
24,184 corpus weight
- Kempf
Kempf
24,182 corpus weight
- kimchi
kimchi
24,180 corpus weight
- koller
koller
24,178 corpus weight
- Krief
Krief
24,177 corpus weight
- labellisées
labellisées
24,176 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “kimchi” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kimchi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kim.ʃi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kimchi” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kimchi is uncommon French at frequency #75,821 among 110,375 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kim.ʃi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mets traditionnel coréen composé de piments et de légumes fermentés à l’ail, souvent à base de chou chinois.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kimchi, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is kimchi, spelled K-I-M-C-H-I.
Definition
- 1Mets traditionnel coréen composé de piments et de légumes fermentés à l’ail, souvent à base de chou chinois.
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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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.