kitesurf
\kajt.sœʁf\
The verdict
“kitesurf” is uncommon French (frequency #66,856 among 110,375 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,856
- frequency rank, French
- 110,375
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sport nautique qui se pratique avec un équipement composé d’une planche de surf modifiée et d’une voile, genre voile de parapente qui, une fois gonflée et attachée par des sangles autour de la cein...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kitesurf |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kajt.sœʁf\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kitesurf” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kitesurf is uncommon French at frequency #66,856 among 110,375 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kajt.sœʁf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sport nautique qui se pratique avec un équipement composé d’une planche de surf modifiée et d’une voile, genre voile de parapente qui, une fois gonflée et attachée par des sangles autour de la cein...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kitesurf, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is kitesurf, spelled K-I-T-E-S-U-R-F.
Definition
- 1Sport nautique qui se pratique avec un équipement composé d’une planche de surf modifiée et d’une voile, genre voile de parapente qui, une fois gonflée et attachée par des sangles autour de la ceinture du surfeur, assure la traction par les rafales de vent.
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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.
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- The one correct French spelling is K-I-T-E-S-U-R-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.