RNA
\ˌɑɹ.ˌɛn.ˈeɪ\
The verdict
“RNA” is uncommon French (frequency #99,581 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,581
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ARN, acide ribonucléique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rna · RNA · French
RNA · rank #99,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,581
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Ristigouche
Nearest frequency peer: Ristigouche (-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 « RNA »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rinne
rinne
424 corpus weight
- Rins
Rins
423 corpus weight
- ripon
ripon
422 corpus weight
- Ristigouche
Ristigouche
421 corpus weight
- RNA
RNA
420 corpus weight
- Rocroi
Rocroi
418 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « RNA » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | RNA |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌɑɹ.ˌɛn.ˈeɪ\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #99,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « RNA » en français
Rare enough to double-check
RNA is uncommon French at frequency #99,581 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌɑɹ.ˌɛn.ˈeɪ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ARN, acide ribonucléique.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for RNA in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is RNA, spelled R-N-A.
Definition
- 1ARN, acide ribonucléique.
Synonyms
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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