alda

\al.ˈda\

/\al.ˈda\/ adv

The verdict

“alda” is uncommon French (frequency #90,386 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,386
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écriture en caractères latins de алда.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alda · alda · French

alda · rank #90,386 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,386
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alarment

Nearest frequency peer: alarment (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « alda »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « alda » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alda
PropertyValue
Headwordalda
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\al.ˈda\
Letters4
Frequency rank#90,386
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « alda » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aldatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « alarment » (#90,385), « alaire » (#90,384), « algéroise » (#90,388). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alda » est au #90,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alda is uncommon French at frequency #90,386 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \al.ˈda\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Écriture en caractères latins de алда.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for alda, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 alda, spelled A-L-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écriture en caractères latins de алда.

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 "alda"?
"alda" is spelled A-L-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is \al.ˈda\.
What does "alda" mean?
As an adverb, "alda" means: Écriture en caractères latins de алда.
How do you pronounce "alda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alda" is \al.ˈda\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alda" come from?
"alda" 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 "alda", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list