Klimt
\klimt\
The verdict
“Klimt” is uncommon French (frequency #60,902 among 110,375 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,902
- frequency rank, French
- 110,375
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Klimt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \klimt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Klimt” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Klimt is uncommon French at frequency #60,902 among 110,375 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \klimt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Klimt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Klimt, spelled K-L-I-M-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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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Using “Klimt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is K-L-I-M-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.