Elina
\e.li.na\
The verdict
“Elina” is uncommon French (frequency #57,912 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,912
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin. Variante de Élina.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elina · Elina · French
Elina · rank #57,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,912
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH empirisme
Nearest frequency peer: empirisme (+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 « Elina »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Edinburgh
Edinburgh
42,092 corpus weight
- efs
efs
42,091 corpus weight
- Elina
Elina
42,089 corpus weight
- empirisme
empirisme
42,088 corpus weight
- emplis
emplis
42,087 corpus weight
- empresser
empresser
42,086 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Elina » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Elina |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.li.na\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Elina » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Elina is uncommon French at frequency #57,912 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.li.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin. Variante de Élina.".
Elina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Elina, spelled E-L-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin. Variante de Élina.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Elina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En couple avec la joueuse ukrainienne Elina Svitolina, le Français est aussi submergé par les attaques de bots ou d’anonymes venus de Russie.
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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