zama
The verdict
“zama” is uncommon French (frequency #90,325 among 39,292 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,325
- frequency rank, French
- 39,292
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Charge, fardeau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zama · zama · French
zama · rank #90,325 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,325
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 39,292
- PHOTO-FINISH zizis
Nearest frequency peer: zizis (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “zama”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wurtz
Wurtz
9,685 corpus weight
- zama
zama
9,676 corpus weight
- zizis
zizis
9,674 corpus weight
- zéphirin
zéphirin
9,672 corpus weight
- éclaircisse…
éclaircissent
9,671 corpus weight
- éclataient
éclataient
9,670 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zama” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zama |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zama” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zama is uncommon French at frequency #90,325 among 39,292 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
zama has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is zama, spelled Z-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Charge, fardeau.
- 2Fagot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
belhar zama, botte de foin
egur zama, fagot de bois
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zama", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.