kamala

\ka.ma.la\

/\ka.ma.la\/ noun

The verdict

“kamala” is uncommon French (frequency #69,955 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,955
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre nom du lotus sacré (Nelumbo nucifera).

Corpus desk

Index FR-kamala · kamala · French

kamala · rank #69,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,955
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH jérémiades

Nearest frequency peer: jérémiades (-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 « kamala »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kamala
PropertyValue
Headwordkamala
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ma.la\
Letters6
Frequency rank#69,955
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « kamala » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).kamalatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « jérémiades » (#69,954), « Kaminski » (#69,956), « Jutland » (#69,953). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kamala » est au #69,955. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kamala is uncommon French at frequency #69,955 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ma.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for kamala in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is kamala, spelled K-A-M-A-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autre nom du lotus sacré (Nelumbo nucifera).
  2. 2
    Kamala rouge
  3. 3
    Poudre rouge tirée du kamala rouge. Elle est constituée de poils unicellulaires et de petites glandes contenant une résine jaune-rouge et fut utilisé comme anthelminthique

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les arbres sacrés de Shiva sont l’Ashoka (Saraca indica), le Kesara (Mimusops elengi), le Champaka (Michela champaca), etc. L’arbre de Laxmi est le Kamala (Nelumbium speciosum) et celui de Parvati le Srip-phala (Aegle marmelos).
  2. La matière colorante du kamala est utilisée pour la teinture de la soie, et le kamala lui-même est préconisé contre le ver solitaire.

This word in other languages

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 "kamala"?
"kamala" is spelled K-A-M-A-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ma.la\.
What does "kamala" mean?
As a noun, "kamala" means: Autre nom du lotus sacré (Nelumbo nucifera).
How do you pronounce "kamala"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kamala" is \ka.ma.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kamala" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list