colada
\kuˈlaðo̞\
The verdict
“colada” is uncommon French (frequency #79,168 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,168
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éboulis, avalanche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-colada · colada · French
colada · rank #79,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,168
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH colorimétrique
Nearest frequency peer: colorimétrique (+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 « colada »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- coastal
coastal
20,837 corpus weight
- coaster
coaster
20,836 corpus weight
- cochenilles
cochenilles
20,835 corpus weight
- colada
colada
20,833 corpus weight
- colorimétri…
colorimétrique
20,832 corpus weight
- colos
colos
20,831 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « colada » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colada |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuˈlaðo̞\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « colada » en français
Rare enough to double-check
colada is uncommon French at frequency #79,168 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuˈlaðo̞\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for colada in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is colada, spelled C-O-L-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Éboulis, avalanche.
- 2Coulée.
- 3Accolade, action d’embrasser en mettant les bras autour du cou.
- 4Accolade, symbole typographique.
- 5Coup donné sur la nuque.
- 6Bêtes attachées par couple, chiens ou chevaux couplés.
- 7Bande de travailleurs.
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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