kitten
\ˈkɪtn̩\
The verdict
“kitten” is uncommon French (frequency #82,162 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,162
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mastiquer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kitten · kitten · French
kitten · rank #82,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,162
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Keylor
Nearest frequency peer: Keylor (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « kitten »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- karstique
karstique
17,843 corpus weight
- keum
keum
17,842 corpus weight
- Kew
Kew
17,841 corpus weight
- Keylor
Keylor
17,840 corpus weight
- kitten
kitten
17,839 corpus weight
- Koekelberg
Koekelberg
17,838 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kitten » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kitten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈkɪtn̩\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kitten » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kitten is uncommon French at frequency #82,162 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈkɪtn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for kitten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is kitten, spelled K-I-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Mastiquer.
- 2Réparer, recoller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kitten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Expertinnen und Experten schätzen, dass 70 Prozent aller abgebrochenen Beziehungen zwischen Eltern und Kindern wieder gekittet werden.
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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