kite
\kajt\
The verdict
“kite” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,177
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Structure de pierres sèches longue de plusieurs centaines de mètres à plusieurs kilomètres formant un piège pour des animaux sauvages.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kite · kite · French
kite · rank #49,177 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,177
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Kipling
Nearest frequency peer: Kipling (-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 « kite »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Juliana
Juliana
50,827 corpus weight
- kala
kala
50,826 corpus weight
- Kipling
Kipling
50,825 corpus weight
- kite
kite
50,824 corpus weight
- kofi
kofi
50,823 corpus weight
- kom
kom
50,822 corpus weight
What this shows « kite » 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 | kite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kajt\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #49,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kite »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around kite (IPA \kajt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,177 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kite, with forms such as "ikte", "kiet", and "kitte". 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", "KTM", "Kyle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is kite, spelled K-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Structure de pierres sèches longue de plusieurs centaines de mètres à plusieurs kilomètres formant un piège pour des animaux sauvages.
- 2Kitesurf.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les fouilles conduites ces dernières années ont, en effet, révélé que les kites étaient des « mégapièges », des nasses de pierre permettant de rabattre le gibier vers une extrémité close entourée de fosses, « où les animaux terminaient leur voyage », dit Rémy Crassard.
Des voiles à rotor aux turbovoiles, en passant par la voile gonflable de Michelin, et même les ailes de kite sur lesquelles parient les Français Airseas et Beyond the Sea.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikte
- kiet
- kitte
- kkite
- ktie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kite - 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
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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 (5 here; floor ≥5).