okra
\ɔ.kʁa\
The verdict
“okra” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de gombo.
Corpus desk
Index FR-okra · okra · French
okra · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | okra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.kʁa\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « okra » en français
Rare enough to double-check
okra is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.kʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de gombo.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for okra, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is okra, spelled O-K-R-A.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de gombo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how okra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il lui montrait ce qu’il voulait qu’on lui mette dans son assiette – en général, c’était un steak, du jambon, du poulet, des galettes de maïs, des patates douces, des beignets d’okras, des tomates avec un oignon et des œufs – plus une part de soufflé à la banane.
Les Égyptiens furent les premiers à cultiver l’okra, qui poussait à l’état sauvage sur les rives du Nil.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.