campana

[kəmˈpanə]

/[kəmˈpanə]/ noun

The verdict

“campana” is uncommon French (frequency #53,836 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,836
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cloche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-campana · campana · French

campana · rank #53,836 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,836
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cadrée

Nearest frequency peer: cadrée (-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 « campana »

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 « campana » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for campana
PropertyValue
Headwordcampana
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kəmˈpanə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,836
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « campana » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).campanatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cadrée » (#53,835), « capitainerie » (#53,837), « cada » (#53,834). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « campana » est au #53,836. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

campana is uncommon French at frequency #53,836 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kəmˈpanə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cloche.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for campana, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is campana, spelled C-A-M-P-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cloche.

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 "campana"?
"campana" is spelled C-A-M-P-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kəmˈpanə].
What does "campana" mean?
As a noun, "campana" means: Cloche.
How do you pronounce "campana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "campana" is [kəmˈpanə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "campana" come from?
"campana" 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 "campana", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list