Kunst

\kʊnst\

/\kʊnst\/ noun

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The verdict

“Kunst” is uncommon French (frequency #55,400 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,400
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kunst · Kunst · French

Kunst · rank #55,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,400
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kouachi

Nearest frequency peer: Kouachi (-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 « Kunst »

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 « Kunst » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kunst
PropertyValue
HeadwordKunst
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʊnst\
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,400
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Kunst » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Kouachi » (#55,399), « lal » (#55,401), « kernel » (#55,397). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kunst » est au #55,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kunst is uncommon French at frequency #55,400 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʊnst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Kunst 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Kunst, spelled K-U-N-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Art.
  2. 2
    Savoir-faire, art.
  3. 3
    Artificiel, synthétique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die moderne Kunst.
  2. Arbeit, Krieg, Spiel und Kunst definieren Seinsweisen in der Welt, die sich auf keine andere zurückführen lassen. Sie decken Eigenschaften auf, die sich mit denen überschneiden, die die Sexualität enthüllt.

Antonyms

UnfähigkeitNatur

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 "Kunst"?
"Kunst" is spelled K-U-N-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kʊnst\.
What does "Kunst" mean?
As a noun, "Kunst" means: Art.
How do you pronounce "Kunst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kunst" is \kʊnst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kunst" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lilia#55,407juron#55,390joule#55,387males#55,420

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list