kodak
\kɔ.dak\
The verdict
“kodak” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,464. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,464
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil photo portatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kodak · kodak · French
kodak · rank #36,464 · 7 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,464
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kippa
Nearest frequency peer: kippa (-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 « kodak »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- kermesse
kermesse
63,540 corpus weight
- kiffé
kiffé
63,539 corpus weight
- kippa
kippa
63,538 corpus weight
- kodak
kodak
63,537 corpus weight
- laids
laids
63,536 corpus weight
- laits
laits
63,535 corpus weight
What this shows « kodak » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kodak |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.dak\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #36,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kodak »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around kodak (IPA \kɔ.dak\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,464 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Appareil photo portatif.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for kodak, with forms such as "kdoak", "kkodak", and "koadk". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "kayak", "Kidal", "kanak", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is kodak, spelled K-O-D-A-K.
Definition
- 1Appareil photo portatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kodak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] un fin haïk blanc, majestueusement drapé sur la personne de quelque fonctionnaire maure, détonne presque autant que les fraîches toilettes des dames de la colonie européenne ou l’équipement des touristes cockneys qui envahissent la ville à l’arrivée du steamer de Londres : topis de liège, knicker-bockers, pipes courtes et kodaks braqués impitoyablemen…
Sur la couchette au capitonnage écarlate, il y avait deux couvertures et un kodak, et, dans un coin, au fond de la nacelle, un gobelet et une bouteille de champagne vide.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kdoak
- kkodak
- koadk
- kodakk
- koddak
- kodka
- okdak
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kodak - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).