ula
\u.la\
The verdict
“ula” is uncommon French (frequency #90,275 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,275
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Casse-tête originaire des Fidji.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ula · ula · French
ula · rank #90,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,275
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH ulcérés
Nearest frequency peer: ulcérés (+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 « ula »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- trésoreries
trésoreries
9,731 corpus weight
- tunnelier
tunnelier
9,730 corpus weight
- twee
twee
9,729 corpus weight
- ula
ula
9,726 corpus weight
- ulcérés
ulcérés
9,725 corpus weight
- universaux
universaux
9,723 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ula » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ula |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \u.la\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #90,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ula » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ula is uncommon French at frequency #90,275 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \u.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Casse-tête originaire des Fidji.".
ula doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ula, spelled U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Casse-tête originaire des Fidji.
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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