kt
\ˈkon.traw\
The verdict
“kt” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #38,886) as a preposition. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #38,886
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kontraŭ (« Contre, en face de »).
Corpus desk
Index FR-kt · kt · French
kt · rank #38,886 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,886
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kr
Nearest frequency peer: kr (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « kt »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- katana
katana
61,118 corpus weight
- kool
kool
61,117 corpus weight
- kr
kr
61,116 corpus weight
- kt
kt
61,115 corpus weight
- landing
landing
61,113 corpus weight
- langer
langer
61,112 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « kt » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
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 | kt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \ˈkon.traw\ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #38,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « kt »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for kt is neighbouring look-alikes ("kW", "ku", …), not just typos; it is apreposition pronounced \ˈkon.traw\. Frequency #38,886 among 737 “K” headwords. Gloss: "Kontraŭ (« Contre, en face de »).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kt, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kW", "ku", "KV", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is kt, spelled K-T.
Definition
- 1Kontraŭ (« Contre, en face de »).
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.