knock

\nɒk\

/\nɒk\/ onomatopoeia

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The verdict

“knock” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,971
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toc, onomatopée servant à exprimer un bruit sec, un choc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-knock · knock · French

knock · rank #42,971 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,971
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH keufs

Nearest frequency peer: keufs (-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 « knock »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « knock » 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).

knock vs know
60% similar
knock vs Koch
40% similar
knock vs knows
60% similar

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

Key facts for knock
PropertyValue
Headwordknock
LanguageFrench
Part of speechOnomatopoeia
IPA\nɒk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#42,971
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « knock »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).knockse 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 « keufs » (#42,970), « kebabs » (#42,969), « landon » (#42,973). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « knock » est au #42,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around knock (IPA \nɒk\), anonomatopoeia. Corpus frequency is #42,971 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Toc, onomatopée servant à exprimer un bruit sec, un choc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for knock, with forms such as "kknock", "kncok", and "knnock". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "know", "Koch", "knows", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is knock, spelled K-N-O-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toc, onomatopée servant à exprimer un bruit sec, un choc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Knock, 'knock! - Who's there? -- Toc, toc. - C'est qui?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kknock
  • kncok
  • knnock
  • knocck
  • knockk
  • knokc
  • konck
  • nkock

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of knock - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

kknock1kncok2knnock1knocck1knockk1knokc2konck2nkock2
Edit distance from "knock"

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 "knock"?
"knock" is spelled K-N-O-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is \nɒk\.
What does "knock" mean?
As an onomatopoeia, "knock" means: Toc, onomatopée servant à exprimer un bruit sec, un choc.
What words are commonly confused with "knock"?
"knock" is commonly confused with "know", "Koch", "knows". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "knock"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "knock" is \nɒk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "knock" come from?
"knock" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

keufs#42,970Larbi#42,975Layla#42,977INRIA#42,949

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

jetais8 variantslimace8 variantsliquid8 variantsMaurin8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list