knowledge

/\ˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,386

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

knowledge is aFrenchnoun. It means: Connaissance, savoir. Pronounced \ˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ\.

Key facts for knowledge
PropertyValue
Headwordknowledge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#38,386
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of knowledge in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for knowledge is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,386 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Connaissance, savoir.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for knowledge, with forms such as "kknowledge", "knnowledge", and "knolwedge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is knowledge, spelled K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Connaissance, savoir.

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kknowledge,knnowledge,knolwedge,knoweldge,knowldege,knowleddge,knowledeg,knowledgge,knowlegde,knowlledge,knowwledge,knwoledge,konwledge,nkowledge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for knowledge

Misspelling Variants of "knowledge"

kknowledge10knnowledge10knolwedge9knoweldge9knowldege9knowleddge10knowledeg9knowledgge10
Misspelling Variants of "knowledge"

Frequency rank: #38,386 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "knowledge"?
"knowledge" is spelled K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ\.
What does "knowledge" mean?
As a noun, "knowledge" means: Connaissance, savoir.
What are common misspellings of "knowledge"?
Common misspellings include "kknowledge", "knnowledge", "knolwedge", "knoweldge", "knowldege". The correct spelling is "knowledge".
How do you pronounce "knowledge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "knowledge" is \ˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "knowledge" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.