mikasa

Name: mikasa, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\mikʲasạ\

/\mikʲasạ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“mikasa” is uncommon French (frequency #82,231 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,231
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-mikasa · mikasa · French

mikasa · rank #82,231 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #82,231
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH millas

Nearest frequency peer: millas (+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.

Meung

17,773
micmac

17,772
mikasa

17,770
millas

17,769
Minimoys

17,767
misaine

17,766

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

Key facts for mikasa
Property	Value
Headword	mikasa
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\mikʲasạ\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#82,231
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mikasa » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mikasatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#82,231

#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: « millas » (#82,232), « micmac » (#82,229), « Meung » (#82,228). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mikasa » est au #82,231. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mikasa is uncommon French at frequency #82,231 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mikʲasạ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Intention.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mikasa, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 mikasa, spelled M-I-K-A-S-A.

Definition

1
Intention.

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 "mikasa"?

"mikasa" is spelled M-I-K-A-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is \mikʲasạ\.

What does "mikasa" mean?

As a noun, "mikasa" means: Intention.

How do you pronounce "mikasa"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mikasa" is \mikʲasạ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mikasa" come from?

"mikasa" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

millas#82,232 micmac#82,229 mayhem#82,221 morgon#82,250