ferrata
\fer.ˈra.ta\
The verdict
“ferrata” is uncommon French (frequency #59,286 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,286
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de ferrato.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ferrata · ferrata · French
ferrata · rank #59,286 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,286
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fauteur
Nearest frequency peer: fauteur (-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 « ferrata »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fauconnier
fauconnier
40,718 corpus weight
- faussetés
faussetés
40,717 corpus weight
- fauteur
fauteur
40,716 corpus weight
- ferrata
ferrata
40,715 corpus weight
- FFI
FFI
40,714 corpus weight
- fiant
fiant
40,713 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ferrata » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferrata |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fer.ˈra.ta\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ferrata » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ferrata is uncommon French at frequency #59,286 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fer.ˈra.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de ferrato.".
ferrata doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ferrata, spelled F-E-R-R-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de ferrato.
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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