Moana
\mɔ.a.na\
The verdict
“Moana” is uncommon French (frequency #66,120 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,120
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin polynésien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-moana · Moana · French
Moana · rank #66,120 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,120
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH modélisé
Nearest frequency peer: modélisé (+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 « Moana »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Miura
Miura
33,884 corpus weight
- mièvre
mièvre
33,883 corpus weight
- Moana
Moana
33,881 corpus weight
- modélisé
modélisé
33,880 corpus weight
- Montgeron
Montgeron
33,879 corpus weight
- montjoie
montjoie
33,878 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Moana » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Moana |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.a.na\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Moana » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Moana is uncommon French at frequency #66,120 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mɔ.a.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Moana doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Moana, spelled M-O-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin polynésien.
- 2Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Moana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ancien premier ministre, Moana Carcasses Kalosil et l’ancien banquier Thomas Bayer sont les principaux accusés dans cette histoire de compte off shore et de paradis fiscal.
Sur une idée de la comédienne Moana Ferré, cette résidence de création, qui s’inscrit dans un projet destiné à promouvoir la diversification de l’offre culturelle sur le territoire, s’est fixée plusieurs objectifs.
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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