formosa
\fox.ˈmo.za\
The verdict
“formosa” is uncommon French (frequency #95,921 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,921
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de formoso.
Corpus desk
Index FR-formosa · formosa · French
formosa · rank #95,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,921
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH formalisées
Nearest frequency peer: formalisées (-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 « formosa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Fontanel
Fontanel
4,083 corpus weight
- footage
footage
4,082 corpus weight
- formalisées
formalisées
4,081 corpus weight
- formosa
formosa
4,080 corpus weight
- fourbi
fourbi
4,079 corpus weight
- Framatome
Framatome
4,078 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « formosa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | formosa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fox.ˈmo.za\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « formosa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
formosa is uncommon French at frequency #95,921 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fox.ˈmo.za\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de formoso.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for formosa, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is formosa, spelled F-O-R-M-O-S-A.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de formoso.
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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