zara

verb

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The verdict

“zara” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,719
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier non-intime du présent de izan.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zara · zara · French

zara · rank #19,719 · 5 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,719
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH élargit

Nearest frequency peer: élargit (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « zara »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « zara » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

zara vs zur
50% similar
zara vs zéro
50% similar
zara vs zola
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for zara
PropertyValue
Headwordzara
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#19,719
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « zara »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).zarase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « élargit » (#19,720), « yuan » (#19,717), « éligibles » (#19,721). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « zara » est au #19,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around zara, averb. Corpus frequency is #19,719 among 240 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier non-intime du présent de izan.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for zara, with forms such as "azra", "zaar", and "zarra". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "zur", "zéro", "zola", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 zara, spelled Z-A-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier non-intime du présent de izan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how zara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Zu zara nire zorionaren iturria.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • azra
  • zaar
  • zarra
  • zraa
  • zzara

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zara - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

azra2zaar2zarra1zraa2zzara1
Edit distance from "zara"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zara"?
"zara" is spelled Z-A-R-A.
What does "zara" mean?
As a verb, "zara" means: Deuxième personne du singulier non-intime du présent de izan.
What words are commonly confused with "zara"?
"zara" is commonly confused with "zur", "zéro", "zola". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "zara" come from?
"zara" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zara", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

yuan#19,717alto#19,737apps#19,740Aziz#19,750

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

aptes5 variantsarrow5 variantsdani5 variantspuma5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list