# key vs ki

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### key
*adjective · IPA \kiː\ · frequency rank #18,240*
Dominant, principal.

### ki
*pronoun · IPA \ki\ · frequency rank #8,569*
Variante orthographique de qui.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/key-vs-ki