colonna
\ko.ˈlon.na\
The verdict
“colonna” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #37,236 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,236
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Colonne, pilier composé d’un fût cylindrique, d’un chapiteau et souvent d’une base ; il est ordinairement destiné à soutenir un entablement ou à décorer les édifices.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colonna |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ko.ˈlon.na\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colonna” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for colonna is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ko.ˈlon.na\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,236 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for colonna, with forms such as "ccolonna", "cloonna", and "collonna". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "colons", "corona", "colonne", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is colonna, spelled C-O-L-O-N-N-A.
Definition
- 1Colonne, pilier composé d’un fût cylindrique, d’un chapiteau et souvent d’une base ; il est ordinairement destiné à soutenir un entablement ou à décorer les édifices.
- 2Colonne, monument commémoratif en forme de colonne.
- 3Colonne, soutien.
- 4Colonne, tout ce qui se dresse ou s’allonge en forme de colonne.
- 5Colonne, tout ce qui se dresse ou s’allonge en forme de colonne.
- 6Colonne, tout ce qui se dresse ou s’allonge en forme de colonne.
- 7Colonne, quantité de matière fluide de figure cylindrique, qui a une hauteur et une base déterminées réellement ou par la pensée.
- 8Colonne, subdivision verticale de la page.
- 9Colonne, corps de troupes disposé dans un ordre qui a peu de front et beaucoup de profondeur. — Note : On le dit également en termes de tactique navale.
- 10Colonne, ensemble de personnes se déplaçant comme une colonne militaire.
- 11Colonne, chacune des 8 lignes verticales, désignées par les lettres a à h.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccolonna,cloonna,collonna,colnona,colona,colonan,coolnna,oclonna
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colonna - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “colonna”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-L-O-N-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ko.ˈlon.na\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “colons” - see the side-by-side comparison. colonna vs colons
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.