mangala
\mɑ̃.ɡa.la\
The verdict
“mangala” is uncommon French (frequency #60,940 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,940
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mancala.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mangala · mangala · French
mangala · rank #60,940 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,940
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mandragore
Nearest frequency peer: mandragore (-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 « mangala »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- majestueuses
majestueuses
39,065 corpus weight
- mandragore
mandragore
39,062 corpus weight
- mangala
mangala
39,061 corpus weight
- manifestées
manifestées
39,060 corpus weight
- manqueras
manqueras
39,059 corpus weight
- margherita
margherita
39,058 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mangala » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mangala |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.ɡa.la\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mangala » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mangala is uncommon French at frequency #60,940 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃.ɡa.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mancala.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mangala, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mangala, spelled M-A-N-G-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Mancala.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mangala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La chasse est une des principales récréations de l’Arabe. Après la chasse viennent le jeu des échecs, celui de dames et le mangala.
Les jeux des Échecs, ceux des Dames, et du Mangala sont les seuls auxquels ils se divertissent. Ce Mangala est composé d’une table de bois, où il y a douze creux faits comme les coupes d’une petite balance, dans chacun desquels ils mettent six petites pierres, ou autant de fèves, ou de coquilles. Les deux joueurs vident successivement chacun un trou, et i…
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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