kota

\ko.ta\

/\ko.ta\/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kota » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kota
PropertyValue
Headwordkota
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ko.ta\
Letters4
Frequency rank#61,641
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « kota » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).kotatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « koba » (#61,640), « Krantz » (#61,642), « kip » (#61,637). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kota » est au #61,641. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Chalet de style finlandais, en bois brut.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how kota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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…
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kota"?
"kota" is spelled K-O-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ko.ta\.
What does "kota" mean?
As a noun, "kota" means: Chalet de style finlandais, en bois brut.
How do you pronounce "kota"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kota" is \ko.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kota" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list