kolo
\ko.lo\
The verdict
“kolo” is uncommon French (frequency #66,050 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,050
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de danse en rond des Balkans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kolo · kolo · French
kolo · rank #66,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,050
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH koalas
Nearest frequency peer: koalas (-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 « kolo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Kass
Kass
33,954 corpus weight
- kes
kes
33,953 corpus weight
- koalas
koalas
33,952 corpus weight
- kolo
kolo
33,951 corpus weight
- kono
kono
33,950 corpus weight
- Korean
Korean
33,949 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kolo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kolo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ko.lo\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kolo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kolo is uncommon French at frequency #66,050 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ko.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de danse en rond des Balkans.".
kolo has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is kolo, spelled K-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1Sorte de danse en rond des Balkans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kolo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les jeunes musulmans formaient le kolo autour des chaudrons de halva et poursuivaient la danse sur le pont, car ils y avaient l’impression de voler et non de fouler la terre, puis ils menaient la ronde sur la kapia où ils piétinaient et frappaient du talon les dalles neuves, comme pour éprouver la solidité de l’ouvrage.
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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