K7vskouConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#44,010
“K7” frequency rank
#47,413
“kou” frequency rank
91423
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature K7 kou
Definition Autre graphie de cassette, dans son sens de vidéocassette ou cassette audio. Tambour chinois.

Where the eye mixes K7 and kou

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. K7 runs 1 letters (C) against kou's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

2 ch
K7
3 ch
kou

Why the eye confuses K7 with kou

A purely visual mix-up. K7 (\ka.sɛt\) and kou (\ku\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91423, 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\. kou is at rank #47,413, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku\.

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 91423, this pair ranks #3,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of K7 vs kou

Shared letters: k. Private to "K7": -. Private to "kou": ou.

"K7" · 1 letters · shape C  ·  "kou" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "K7" and "kou" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ka.sɛt\ versus \ku\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "K7" vs "kou" - which ranks higher?
"K7" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,010 in our French list, against #47,413 for "kou". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "K7" and "kou" 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 "kou" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "K7" and "kou" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kou vs ky". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #3,858 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