Karthala
\kaʁ.ta.la\
The verdict
“Karthala” is uncommon French (frequency #57,359 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,359
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Volcan actif de 2361 mètres d’altitude, situé sur l’île de Grande Comore.
Corpus desk
Index FR-karthala · Karthala · French
Karthala · rank #57,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,359
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH junkies
Nearest frequency peer: junkies (-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 « Karthala »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Joigny
Joigny
42,647 corpus weight
- judiciairem…
judiciairement
42,645 corpus weight
- jukebox
jukebox
42,644 corpus weight
- junkies
junkies
42,643 corpus weight
- Karthala
Karthala
42,642 corpus weight
- knew
knew
42,638 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Karthala » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karthala |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.ta.la\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Karthala » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Karthala is uncommon French at frequency #57,359 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kaʁ.ta.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Volcan actif de 2361 mètres d’altitude, situé sur l’île de Grande Comore.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Karthala in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Karthala, spelled K-A-R-T-H-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Volcan actif de 2361 mètres d’altitude, situé sur l’île de Grande Comore.
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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