kool

noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,884

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

kool is aFrenchnoun. It means: Variante de kul. Often confused with kou and kwon.

Key facts for kool
PropertyValue
Headwordkool
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#38,884
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for kool is 4 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #38,884 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante de kul.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for kool, with forms such as "kkool", "kol", and "kolo". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kou", "kwon", "Kroos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 kool, spelled K-O-O-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de kul.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kkool,kol,kolo,kooll,okol

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for kool

Misspelling Variants of "kool"

kkool5kol3kolo4kooll5okol4
Misspelling Variants of "kool"

Frequency rank: #38,884 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kool"?
"kool" is spelled K-O-O-L.
What does "kool" mean?
As a noun, "kool" means: Variante de kul.
What words are commonly confused with "kool"?
"kool" is commonly confused with "kou", "kwon", "Kroos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "kool" come from?
"kool" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter K in our French index:

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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.