kala
\ka.la\
The verdict
“kala” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,175. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,175
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kalachnikov, fusil d’assaut AK-47.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kala · kala · French
kala · rank #49,175 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,175
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Juliana
Nearest frequency peer: Juliana (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « kala »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Jewish
Jewish
50,829 corpus weight
- Jongleur
Jongleur
50,828 corpus weight
- Juliana
Juliana
50,827 corpus weight
- kala
kala
50,826 corpus weight
- Kipling
Kipling
50,825 corpus weight
- kite
kite
50,824 corpus weight
What this shows « kala » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kala |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.la\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #49,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kala »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around kala (IPA \ka.la\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,175 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Kalachnikov, fusil d’assaut AK-47.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kala, with forms such as "akla", "kaal", and "kalla". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kay", "kan", "kil", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is kala, spelled K-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Kalachnikov, fusil d’assaut AK-47.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On est cuits, sors la kala !
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akla
- kaal
- kalla
- kkala
- klaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kala - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kala", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).