Koenig
The verdict
“Koenig” is uncommon French (frequency #52,781 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,781
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-koenig · Koenig · French
Koenig · rank #52,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,781
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kita
Nearest frequency peer: kita (-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 « Koenig »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jouèrent
jouèrent
47,223 corpus weight
- Kendra
Kendra
47,222 corpus weight
- kita
kita
47,221 corpus weight
- Koenig
Koenig
47,220 corpus weight
- krav
krav
47,219 corpus weight
- Lallemand
Lallemand
47,217 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Koenig » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Koenig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Koenig » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Koenig is uncommon French at frequency #52,781 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Koenig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Koenig, spelled K-O-E-N-I-G.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Koenig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les rares à défendre le livre de Gaspard Koenig font surtout référence au profil de l’auteur.
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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