zola

noun

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The verdict

“zola” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,066
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fond, profondeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zola · zola · French

zola · rank #15,066 · 5 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,066
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH years

Nearest frequency peer: years (-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 « zola »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « zola » 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).

zola vs zoo
50% similar
zola vs zou
50% similar
zola vs zone
50% similar

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

Key facts for zola
PropertyValue
Headwordzola
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,066
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « zola »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).zolase place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « years » (#15,065), « zoé » (#15,067), « wang » (#15,064). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « zola » est au #15,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around zola, anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,066 among 240 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for zola, with forms such as "ozla", "zloa", and "zoal". 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, "zoo", "zou", "zone", 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 zola, spelled Z-O-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fond, profondeur.
  2. 2
    Fond, base.
  3. 3
    Sol.
  4. 4
    Fondement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. urak eder eta garbi, harea zolan ageri.
  2. zolako sagarrak bildu, recueillir les pommes au sol.

Synonyms

hondozoru

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ozla
  • zloa
  • zoal
  • zolla
  • zzola

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zola - 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.

ozla2zloa2zoal2zolla1zzola1
Edit distance from "zola"

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 "zola"?
"zola" is spelled Z-O-L-A.
What does "zola" mean?
As a noun, "zola" means: Fond, profondeur.
What words are commonly confused with "zola"?
"zola" is commonly confused with "zoo", "zou", "zone". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "zola" come from?
"zola" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

wang#15,064tuto#15,056suez#15,043slim#15,037

Similar misspelling depth

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

five5 variantslice5 variantsiPod5 variantsJaime5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list