alluma
\a.ly.ma\
The verdict
“alluma” is uncommon French (frequency #72,901 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,901
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe allumer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alluma · alluma · French
alluma · rank #72,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,901
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH aliénant
Nearest frequency peer: aliénant (-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 « alluma »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alibis
alibis
27,103 corpus weight
- alimentatio…
alimentations
27,102 corpus weight
- aliénant
aliénant
27,101 corpus weight
- alluma
alluma
27,100 corpus weight
- alternateurs
alternateurs
27,099 corpus weight
- altimètre
altimètre
27,098 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « alluma » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alluma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.ly.ma\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alluma » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alluma is uncommon French at frequency #72,901 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.ly.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe allumer.".
alluma has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is alluma, spelled A-L-L-U-M-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe allumer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alluma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chicotte alluma son sébi et ils sortirent.
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.
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