Knudsen
The verdict
“Knudsen” is uncommon French (frequency #98,151 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,151
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille danois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-knudsen · Knudsen · French
Knudsen · rank #98,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,151
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kis
Nearest frequency peer: kis (-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 « Knudsen »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kima
kima
1,854 corpus weight
- kinase
kinase
1,852 corpus weight
- kis
kis
1,851 corpus weight
- Knudsen
Knudsen
1,850 corpus weight
- kochi
kochi
1,849 corpus weight
- koga
koga
1,848 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Knudsen » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Knudsen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Knudsen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Knudsen is uncommon French at frequency #98,151 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille danois.".
Knudsen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Knudsen, spelled K-N-U-D-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille danois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Knudsen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neuf ans après la fin de cette série culte, lancée sur Arte, et qui se déroulait sur trois saisons haletantes, on retrouve avec plaisir Birgitte (Sidse Babett Knudsen), cette élue centriste qui avait été catapultée dix ans plus tôt Première ministre, après un scandale gouvernemental.
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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