Zohar
The verdict
“Zohar” is uncommon French (frequency #81,704 among 39,292 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,704
- frequency rank, French
- 39,292
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zohar · Zohar · French
Zohar · rank #81,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,704
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 39,292
- PHOTO-FINISH Zell
Nearest frequency peer: Zell (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Zohar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Zell
Zell
18,298 corpus weight
- Zohar
Zohar
18,297 corpus weight
- Zooey
Zooey
18,296 corpus weight
- zététique
zététique
18,295 corpus weight
- échancrure
échancrure
18,294 corpus weight
- échanson
échanson
18,293 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Zohar” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zohar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zohar” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zohar is uncommon French at frequency #81,704 among 39,292 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zohar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Zohar, spelled Z-O-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zohar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le ministre israélien de la Culture, Miki Zohar, avait qualifié cette décision de « scandaleuse ».
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 "Zohar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 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.