Viala
The verdict
“Viala” is uncommon French (frequency #71,996 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,996
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-viala · Viala · French
Viala · rank #71,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,996
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vernie
Nearest frequency peer: vernie (-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 « Viala »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vautré
vautré
28,008 corpus weight
- veloutée
veloutée
28,007 corpus weight
- vernie
vernie
28,006 corpus weight
- Viala
Viala
28,005 corpus weight
- vias
vias
28,004 corpus weight
- vibrants
vibrants
28,003 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Viala » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Viala |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Viala » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Viala is uncommon French at frequency #71,996 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Viala in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Viala, spelled V-I-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Viala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Mais le sacrifice de Bara, d’Agricol Viala, des jeunes engagés volontaires de 1914, de tous les héros morts pour que s’affermisse la grandeur de la France, ne vous touche donc pas, Chalumot ?
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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