# knock vs known

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### knock
*onomatopoeia · IPA \nɒk\ · frequency rank #42,971*
Toc, onomatopée servant à exprimer un bruit sec, un choc.

### known
*adjective · IPA \ˈnoʊn\ · frequency rank #47,995*
Connu.

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