konbini

noun

The verdict

“konbini” is uncommon French (frequency #78,558 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,558
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commerce de proximité (ou une supérette) souvent ouvert 24 h/24 et 7 j/7 au Japon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-konbini · konbini · French

konbini · rank #78,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,558
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH komodo

Nearest frequency peer: komodo (-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 « konbini »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « konbini » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for konbini
PropertyValue
Headwordkonbini
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#78,558
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « konbini » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.konbinitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « komodo » (#78,557), « Kristof » (#78,559), « Kobané » (#78,556). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « konbini » est au #78,558. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

konbini is uncommon French at frequency #78,558 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commerce de proximité (ou une supérette) souvent ouvert 24 h/24 et 7 j/7 au Japon.".

No misspelling variants are generated for konbini in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is konbini, spelled K-O-N-B-I-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commerce de proximité (ou une supérette) souvent ouvert 24 h/24 et 7 j/7 au Japon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how konbini appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il est donc concevable de vivre en autarcie complète en se rendant à son konbini.
  2. La mère apporta un plateau sur lequel débordaient tasses et biscuits individuellement emballés achetés dans un konbini.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "konbini"?
"konbini" is spelled K-O-N-B-I-N-I.
What does "konbini" mean?
As a noun, "konbini" means: Commerce de proximité (ou une supérette) souvent ouvert 24 h/24 et 7 j/7 au Japon.
What language does "konbini" come from?
"konbini" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "konbini", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list