connemara

\kɔ.ne.ma.ʁa\

/\kɔ.ne.ma.ʁa\/ noun

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The verdict

“connemara” is uncommon French (frequency #64,332 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,332
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-connemara · connemara · French

connemara · rank #64,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,332
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conjonctif

Nearest frequency peer: conjonctif (-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 « connemara »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
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)

Longue queue: rang de « connemara » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.connemaratombe 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: « conjonctif » (#64,331), « conseillées » (#64,333), « confucianisme » (#64,330). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « connemara » est au #64,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

connemara is uncommon French at frequency #64,332 among 8,609 “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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how connemara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je n’en ai plus que deux maintenant : un connemara et un hunter irlandais nommé Gueule-de-Loup.

Synonyms

poney connemara

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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "connemara", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list