koala
\ko.a.la\
The verdict
“koala” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,344. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,344
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mammifère marsupial arboricole de l’est de l’Australie, de nom scientifique Phascolarctos cinereus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-koala · koala · French
koala · rank #40,344 · 6 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,344
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kilogramme
Nearest frequency peer: kilogramme (-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 « koala »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Kessel
Kessel
59,660 corpus weight
- kilogramme
kilogramme
59,658 corpus weight
- koala
koala
59,657 corpus weight
- laisseraient
laisseraient
59,656 corpus weight
- lamas
lamas
59,655 corpus weight
- lamenter
lamenter
59,654 corpus weight
What this shows « koala » 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 | koala |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ko.a.la\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #40,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « koala »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around koala (IPA \ko.a.la\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,344 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mammifère marsupial arboricole de l’est de l’Australie, de nom scientifique Phascolarctos cinereus.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for koala, with forms such as "kaola", "kkoala", and "koaal". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "kool", "Kohl", "kara", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is koala, spelled K-O-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Mammifère marsupial arboricole de l’est de l’Australie, de nom scientifique Phascolarctos cinereus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how koala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le koala ou Phascolarctos cinereus, marsupial d’une dizaine de kilos, est très exigeant dans le choix de sa nourriture. Il vit exclusivement dans les eucalyptus, ses griffes puissantes lui permettent de se hisser facilement dans les arbres… Les feuilles d’eucalyptus étant peu nourrissantes, le koala manque de réserves d’énergie et passe la plus grande par…
Le koala, une des icônes australiennes, est menacé de disparition par le réchauffement climatique, selon une étude de l’université de Sydney qui met en garde : son extinction pourrait avoir lieu si rien n’est fait « en urgence » pour planter à la fois les arbres qui le protègent de la canicule et des eucalyptus dont il se nourrit la nuit.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kaola
- kkoala
- koaal
- koalla
- kolaa
- okala
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of koala - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).