kota
\ko.ta\
The verdict
“kota” is uncommon French (frequency #61,641 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,641
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chalet de style finlandais, en bois brut.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kota · kota · French
kota · rank #61,641 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,641
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH koba
Nearest frequency peer: koba (-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 « kota »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kip
kip
38,364 corpus weight
- koba
koba
38,361 corpus weight
- kota
kota
38,360 corpus weight
- Krantz
Krantz
38,359 corpus weight
- lack
lack
38,356 corpus weight
- Lahaye
Lahaye
38,355 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kota » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kota |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ko.ta\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,641 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kota » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kota is uncommon French at frequency #61,641 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ko.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chalet de style finlandais, en bois brut.".
kota has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is kota, spelled K-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1Chalet de style finlandais, en bois brut.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toujours dans la grande famille des hébergements insolites, voici les wigwams et les zomes qui adoptent la forme d’un dôme, les pods dont l’aspect évoque celui d’un demi-tronc d’arbre, les kotas — de plan hexagonal et originaires de Finlande —, les tiny houses, ou micromaisons — nombre d’entre elles présentent la particularité de pouvoir être déplacées, c…
Le kota finlandais permet de créer des pièces à part entière : chambre, pièce de vie ou encore espace pour passer un dîner convivial.
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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