kiwis

\ki.wi\

/\ki.wi\/ noun

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The verdict

“kiwis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,133
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de kiwi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kiwis · kiwis · French

kiwis · rank #45,133 · 7 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,133
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kraken

Nearest frequency peer: kraken (+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 « kiwis »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « kiwis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

kiwis vs kris
60% similar
kiwis vs kiss
60% similar
kiwis vs kids
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for kiwis
PropertyValue
Headwordkiwis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ki.wi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,133
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kiwis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).kiwisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « kraken » (#45,134), « Kumar » (#45,135), « kar » (#45,130). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kiwis » est au #45,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around kiwis (IPA \ki.wi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,133 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de kiwi.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for kiwis, with forms such as "ikwis", "kiiws", and "kiwiss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "kris", "kiss", "kids", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 kiwis, spelled K-I-W-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de kiwi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how kiwis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On peut, entre autres animaux, y observer des kiwis (oiseaux coureurs de Nouvelle-Zélande), des tamarins «lions d’or» du Brésil (ces charmants petits singes menacés de disparition dans leur habitat naturel en raison de la destruction d’une grande partie de la forêt), un tigre de Sumatra, des éléphants, des girafes et une grande variété d’invertébrés venan…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ikwis
  • kiiws
  • kiwiss
  • kiwsi
  • kiwwis
  • kkiwis
  • kwiis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kiwis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ikwis2kiiws2kiwiss1kiwsi2kiwwis1kkiwis1kwiis2
Edit distance from "kiwis"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kiwis"?
"kiwis" is spelled K-I-W-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ki.wi\.
What does "kiwis" mean?
As a noun, "kiwis" means: Pluriel de kiwi.
What words are commonly confused with "kiwis"?
"kiwis" is commonly confused with "kris", "kiss", "kids". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kiwis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kiwis" is \ki.wi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kiwis" come from?
"kiwis" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kiwis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kumar#45,135jante#45,126links#45,149lucet#45,153

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

lianes7 variantshuard7 variantsHivon7 variantsguard7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list