Klan
\ˈklaːn\
The verdict
“Klan” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,238
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clan
Corpus desk
Index FR-klan · Klan · French
Klan · rank #30,238 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,238
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kitchen
Nearest frequency peer: kitchen (-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 « Klan »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- kidnapping
kidnapping
69,766 corpus weight
- kilogrammes
kilogrammes
69,765 corpus weight
- kitchen
kitchen
69,764 corpus weight
- Klan
Klan
69,763 corpus weight
- labs
labs
69,761 corpus weight
- lagune
lagune
69,760 corpus weight
What this shows « Klan » 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 | Klan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈklaːn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #30,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Klan »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Klan (IPA \ˈklaːn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,238 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Clan".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Klan, with forms such as "kaln", "kklan", and "klann". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kun", "kwon", "Klein", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Klan, spelled K-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1Clan
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Klan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Klan von der Familie ist riesig. — Le clan de la famille est énorme.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kaln
- kklan
- klann
- kllan
- klna
- lkan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Klan - 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).