knot
\ˈnɑt\
The verdict
“knot” is uncommon French (frequency #93,950 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,950
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nœud.
Corpus desk
Index FR-knot · knot · French
knot · rank #93,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,950
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kodi
Nearest frequency peer: kodi (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « knot »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Khéops
Khéops
6,055 corpus weight
- knot
knot
6,051 corpus weight
- kodi
kodi
6,050 corpus weight
- Kolbe
Kolbe
6,049 corpus weight
- Kolwezi
Kolwezi
6,048 corpus weight
- Komarov
Komarov
6,047 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « knot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | knot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈnɑt\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #93,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « knot » en français
Rare enough to double-check
knot is uncommon French at frequency #93,950 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈnɑt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for knot in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is knot, spelled K-N-O-T.
Definition
- 1Nœud.
- 2Nœud. Le symbole : kn ou kt.
- 3Nœud du bois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how knot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Don’t you even know how to tie a knot?
The ship is travelling at five knots per hour.
Synonyms
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).