kora
\kɔ.ʁa\
The verdict
“kora” is uncommon French (frequency #60,143 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,143
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument à cordes pincées d’Afrique de l’Ouest possédant entre vingt-deux et trente-deux cordes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kora · kora · French
kora · rank #60,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,143
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH ksar
Nearest frequency peer: ksar (+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 « kora »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Kilimandjaro
Kilimandjaro
39,862 corpus weight
- Kirsch
Kirsch
39,861 corpus weight
- Kitchener
Kitchener
39,860 corpus weight
- kora
kora
39,858 corpus weight
- ksar
ksar
39,857 corpus weight
- Kyushu
Kyushu
39,856 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kora » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kora |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kora » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kora is uncommon French at frequency #60,143 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument à cordes pincées d’Afrique de l’Ouest possédant entre vingt-deux et trente-deux cordes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kora, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is kora, spelled K-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1Instrument à cordes pincées d’Afrique de l’Ouest possédant entre vingt-deux et trente-deux cordes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kora appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La caisse de résonance de la kora a la forme d'une demi calebasse d'environ quarante centimètres recouverte d'une peau de vache, de cerf ou de daim.
Souvent, pour distraire Wendy, Aton prenait la kora, sublime instrument de musique, qui berce de ses notes douces l’oreille tendre du mélomane et l’emporte vers un univers imaginaire.
Synonyms
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).