semana
\se.ˈma.na\
The verdict
“semana” is uncommon French (frequency #91,163 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,163
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Semaine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-semana · semana · French
semana · rank #91,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,163
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH semeurs
Nearest frequency peer: semeurs (+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 « semana »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- schisteux
schisteux
8,842 corpus weight
- schmilblick
schmilblick
8,841 corpus weight
- semana
semana
8,838 corpus weight
- semeurs
semeurs
8,837 corpus weight
- semoir
semoir
8,836 corpus weight
- Septimanie
Septimanie
8,834 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « semana » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | semana |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.ˈma.na\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « semana » en français
Rare enough to double-check
semana is uncommon French at frequency #91,163 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.ˈma.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Semaine.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for semana, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is semana, spelled S-E-M-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Semaine.
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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