kona

\kɔ.na\

/\kɔ.na\/ noun

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The verdict

“kona” is uncommon French (frequency #56,066 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,066
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kona · kona · French

kona · rank #56,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,066
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH klara

Nearest frequency peer: klara (-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 « kona »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kona
PropertyValue
Headwordkona
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.na\
Letters4
Frequency rank#56,066
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « kona » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.konatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « klara » (#56,065), « kéké » (#56,067), « Kiabi » (#56,064). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kona » est au #56,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kona is uncommon French at frequency #56,066 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

kona doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is kona, spelled K-O-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme.
  2. 2
    Femme, épouse.

Synonyms

kvenmaðursvannieiginkona

Antonyms

maðurkarlmaðureiginmaður

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 "kona"?
"kona" is spelled K-O-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.na\.
What does "kona" mean?
As a noun, "kona" means: Femme.
How do you pronounce "kona"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kona" is \kɔ.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kéké#56,067leca#56,070jesu#56,057ingé#56,035

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list