Kyoto

\kjo.to\

/\kjo.to\/ name

The verdict

“Kyoto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,334
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville du Japon située dans la région du Kansaï, dans le Japon occidental, proche d’Osaka. L’ancienne capitale de ce pays jusqu’en 1868 (comme ville impériale) ou jusqu’en 1192 (comme centre politiq...

Corpus desk

Index FR-kyoto · Kyoto · French

Kyoto · rank #19,334 · 7 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,334
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kWh

Nearest frequency peer: kWh (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Kyoto »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Kyoto » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Kyoto vs kyste
40% similar
Kyoto vs Kobo
60% similar
Kyoto vs kato
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Kyoto
PropertyValue
HeadwordKyoto
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kjo.to\
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,334
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Kyoto »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Kyotose place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « kWh » (#19,333), « lai » (#19,335), « Ketchup » (#19,332). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kyoto » est au #19,334. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Kyoto (IPA \kjo.to\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,334 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kyoto, with forms such as "kkyoto", "koyto", and "kyoot". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "kyste", "Kobo", "kato", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Kyoto, spelled K-Y-O-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville du Japon située dans la région du Kansaï, dans le Japon occidental, proche d’Osaka. L’ancienne capitale de ce pays jusqu’en 1868 (comme ville impériale) ou jusqu’en 1192 (comme centre politique).
  2. 2
    Préfecture du Japon, dont la capitale est la précédente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un cultivateur de riz, un autre de thé, un ostréiculteur, un moine bouddhiste cuisinier, un forgeron de katana, un champion de plongée libre, une geiko (geisha de Kyoto) ou encore une jeune karatéka témoignent de leur quotidien et de l’importance qu’ils accordent à la composante spirituelle de ce qui les environne ainsi que de leur attachement aux traditi…
  2. Les joueurs incarnent des voyageurs de Tokaïdo, la route de la mer, entre Kyoto et Edo.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kkyoto
  • koyto
  • kyoot
  • kyotto
  • kytoo
  • kyyoto
  • ykoto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kyoto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

kkyoto1koyto2kyoot2kyotto1kytoo2kyyoto1ykoto2
Edit distance from "Kyoto"

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 "Kyoto"?
"Kyoto" is spelled K-Y-O-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is \kjo.to\.
What does "Kyoto" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kyoto" means: Ville du Japon située dans la région du Kansaï, dans le Japon occidental, proche d’Osaka. L’ancienne capitale de ce pays jusqu’en 1868 (comme ville impériale) ou jusqu’en 1192 (comme centre politiq...
What words are commonly confused with "Kyoto"?
"Kyoto" is commonly confused with "kyste", "Kobo", "kato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kyoto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kyoto" is \kjo.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kyoto" come from?
"Kyoto" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list