zina
\zi.na\
The verdict
“zina” is uncommon French (frequency #59,733 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,733
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adultère, fornication.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zina · zina · French
zina · rank #59,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,733
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH ys
Nearest frequency peer: ys (-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 « zina »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- writer
writer
40,273 corpus weight
- ys
ys
40,269 corpus weight
- zina
zina
40,268 corpus weight
- zoophilie
zoophilie
40,267 corpus weight
- écussons
écussons
40,265 corpus weight
- éducations
éducations
40,264 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « zina » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zina |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zi.na\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zina » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zina is uncommon French at frequency #59,733 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \zi.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Adultère, fornication.".
zina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is zina, spelled Z-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Adultère, fornication.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma mère dit qu’elle a commis le zina. Je voulais lui demander quel genre de péché pouvait pousser une jeune fille à mettre fin à ses jours, mais je savais que pour une femme, il n'y en avait qu'un. Zina, un mot qui pourrait presque passer pour un nom, celui d’une fleur peut-être, mais alors de l’espèce qui pousse dans le seul but de nous rendre malades et…
Retirée de la rue, cloitrée dans les demeures arabes, couverte de la tête aux pieds, la femme protège ainsi l’homme du désir et du zina. L’ensemble de son corps est awra. Aussi, ne devait-elle même pas parler quand une personne frappe à la porte, mais se limiter à taper des mains pour dire « On va vous ouvrir ! »
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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