kuo
\ˈku.o\
The verdict
“kuo” is uncommon French (frequency #81,301 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,301
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de la lettre Q, q
Corpus desk
Index FR-kuo · kuo · French
kuo · rank #81,301 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,301
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH koweïtien
Nearest frequency peer: koweïtien (-2 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 « kuo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Kohn
Kohn
18,704 corpus weight
- Kouassi
Kouassi
18,703 corpus weight
- koweïtien
koweïtien
18,702 corpus weight
- kuo
kuo
18,700 corpus weight
- labiale
labiale
18,698 corpus weight
- Langelier
Langelier
18,696 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kuo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kuo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈku.o\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #81,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kuo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kuo is uncommon French at frequency #81,301 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈku.o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de la lettre Q, q".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kuo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is kuo, spelled K-U-O.
Definition
- 1Nom de la lettre Q, q
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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