pola
\po.la\
The verdict
“pola” is uncommon French (frequency #67,781 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,781
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Polaroïd.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pola · pola · French
pola · rank #67,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,781
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pogner
Nearest frequency peer: pogner (-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 « pola »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- plagier
plagier
32,223 corpus weight
- plaidoyers
plaidoyers
32,222 corpus weight
- pogner
pogner
32,221 corpus weight
- pola
pola
32,220 corpus weight
- polyculture
polyculture
32,219 corpus weight
- pondérés
pondérés
32,218 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pola » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pola |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \po.la\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pola » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pola is uncommon French at frequency #67,781 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \po.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polaroïd.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pola in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pola, spelled P-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Polaroïd.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On fend les vagues sur un scooter des mers, on prend des Polas, personne n’intéresse personne, tout le monde porte des tongs.
Mais c’est justement la piètre qualité des pellicules de l’époque au niveau de la colorimétrie qui faisait tout le charme des polas.
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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