KV
\kɑ.ve\
The verdict
“KV” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #41,859) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #41,859
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Catalogue recensant les œuvres de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).
Corpus desk
Index FR-kv · KV · French
KV · rank #41,859 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,859
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH lace
Nearest frequency peer: lace (+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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “KV”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- knights
knights
58,146 corpus weight
- knows
knows
58,145 corpus weight
- KV
KV
58,142 corpus weight
- lace
lace
58,141 corpus weight
- lais
lais
58,139 corpus weight
- Laponie
Laponie
58,138 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “KV” against nearest ranked French headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | KV |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ.ve\ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #41,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “KV” se place dans la fréquence du français
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for KV is neighbouring look-alikes ("kW", "ky", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \kɑ.ve\. Frequency #41,859 among 737 “K” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
KV has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kW", "ky", "kWh", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is KV, spelled K-V.
Definition
- 1Catalogue recensant les œuvres de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).
- 2Numéro de référence des œuvres de Mozart.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how KV appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aujourd’hui, Christian Merlin, Piotr Kaminski et Jean-Charles Hoffelé concentreront leurs écoutes auprès des six versions proposées par Thiery Beauvert de la dernière symphonie de Mozart, nᵒ41 en Ut Majeur KV 551 surnommée “Jupiter” pour n’en élire qu’une…
Synonyms
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.