connemara

\kɔ.ne.ma.ʁa\

/\kɔ.ne.ma.ʁa\/ noun

The verdict

“connemara” is uncommon French (frequency #64,332 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,332
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Race de petit cheval de selle (poney) polyvalent originaire d'Irlande utilisé pour le saut d'obstacles, le dressage et l’attelage dont la taille au garrot est de 1,28 à 1,50 m.

Key facts for connemara
PropertyValue
Headwordconnemara
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ne.ma.ʁa\
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,332
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “connemara” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). connemara lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

connemara is uncommon French at frequency #64,332 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ne.ma.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Race de petit cheval de selle (poney) polyvalent originaire d'Irlande utilisé pour le saut d'obstacles, le dressage et l’attelage dont la taille au garrot est de 1,28 à 1,50 m.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for connemara, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 connemara, spelled C-O-N-N-E-M-A-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Race de petit cheval de selle (poney) polyvalent originaire d'Irlande utilisé pour le saut d'obstacles, le dressage et l’attelage dont la taille au garrot est de 1,28 à 1,50 m.

Synonyms

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 "connemara"?
"connemara" is spelled C-O-N-N-E-M-A-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ne.ma.ʁa\.
What does "connemara" mean?
As a noun, "connemara" means: Race de petit cheval de selle (poney) polyvalent originaire d'Irlande utilisé pour le saut d'obstacles, le dressage et l’attelage dont la taille au garrot est de 1,28 à 1,50 m.
How do you pronounce "connemara"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "connemara" is \kɔ.ne.ma.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "connemara" come from?
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Using “connemara”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-N-E-M-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔ.ne.ma.ʁa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list