Kingston
\kiŋ.stɔn\
The verdict
“Kingston” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #28,623 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #28,623
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capitale de la Jamaïque.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kingston |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kiŋ.stɔn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,623 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kingston” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Kingston is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kiŋ.stɔn\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,623 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kingston, with forms such as "ikngston", "kignston", and "kinggston". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Kingston, spelled K-I-N-G-S-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Capitale de la Jamaïque.
- 2Paroisse civile d’Angleterre, située dans le South Cambridgeshire.
- 3Paroisse civile d’Angleterre, située dans le district de South Hams.
- 4Paroisse civile d’Angleterre, située dans le district de Canterbury.
- 5Paroisse civile d’Angleterre, située dans le district de Arun.
- 6Kingston-upon-Thames
- 7Village d’Écosse, situé dans l’East Lothian.
- 8Village d’Écosse, situé dans le district de Moray.
- 9Ville du Canada, située en Ontario.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ikngston,kignston,kinggston,kingsotn,kingsston,kingstno,kingstonn,kingstton,kingtson,kinngston,kinsgton,kkingston,knigston
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kingston - 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.
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 “Kingston”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is K-I-N-G-S-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kiŋ.stɔn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.