koala
/ko.a.'la/
The verdict
“koala” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,257 among 656 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,257
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 656
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - coala
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | koala |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ko.a.'la/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “koala” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
koala is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,257 among 656 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ko.a.'la/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "coala".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for koala, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is koala, spelled K-O-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1coala
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “koala”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is K-O-A-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ko.a.'la/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.