kitch
\kitʃ\
The verdict
“kitch” is uncommon French (frequency #73,275 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,275
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de kitsch, de mauvais goût.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kitch · kitch · French
kitch · rank #73,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,275
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH koa
Nearest frequency peer: koa (+3 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « kitch »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kasher
kasher
26,732 corpus weight
- kitch
kitch
26,726 corpus weight
- koa
koa
26,723 corpus weight
- Krebs
Krebs
26,721 corpus weight
- Kronenbourg
Kronenbourg
26,720 corpus weight
- kyu
kyu
26,719 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kitch » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kitch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kitʃ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kitch » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kitch is uncommon French at frequency #73,275 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kitʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de kitsch, de mauvais goût.".
Zero misspellings are on record for kitch in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 kitch, spelled K-I-T-C-H.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de kitsch, de mauvais goût.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kitch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a des rubans roses, des fils dorés, des décorations kitch un peu partout.
Une chanson qui m'est familière, un chanteur super kitch que ma mère écoute souvent... Comment se nomme-t-il, déjà?… Jo Dassin, c'est ça!
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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