knochig
\ˈknɔxɪç\
The verdict
“knochig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très maigre, caractérise une personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-knochig · knochig · French
knochig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | knochig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈknɔxɪç\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
knochig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈknɔxɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très maigre, caractérise une personne.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for knochig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is knochig, spelled K-N-O-C-H-I-G.
Definition
- 1Très maigre, caractérise une personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how knochig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In diesem Augenblick ward die Preußin selbst in der Säulenhalle sichtbar und trat durch die Glastür ein: ein ziemlich großes, knochig gebautes Mädchen in schwarzem Kleide, mit glattem Haar und einem ehrlichen Gesicht.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.