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Which to use

“K7” and “ko” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,010
“K7” frequency rank
#9,864
“ko” frequency rank
53874
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature K7 ko
Definition Autre graphie de cassette, dans son sens de vidéocassette ou cassette audio. Configuration cyclique de pions, si fréquente que des règles spécifiques la traitent.

Where the eye mixes K7 and ko

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

2 ch
K7
2 ch
ko

Look-alike desk: K7 vs ko

A purely visual mix-up. K7 (\ka.sɛt\) and ko (\ko\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - 7 in “K7” becomes o in “ko”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

K7 is recorded at frequency rank #44,010, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.sɛt\. ko is at rank #9,864, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ko\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 53874, this pair ranks #137,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of K7 vs ko

Shared letters: k. Private to "K7": -. Private to "ko": o.

"K7" · 1 letters · shape C  ·  "ko" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "K7" and "ko" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ka.sɛt\ versus \ko\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "K7" vs "ko" - which ranks higher?
"ko" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,864 in our French list, against #44,010 for "K7". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "K7" and "ko" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "K7" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ko" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #137,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "K7" and "ko" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "K7 vs ky". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #137,841 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list