Abuja

[aˈbuːd͡ʒa]

/[aˈbuːd͡ʒa]/ name

The verdict

“Abuja” is uncommon German (frequency #93,908 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,908
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Nigeria

Corpus desk

Index DE-abuja · Abuja · German

Abuja · rank #93,908 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,908
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abzubekommen

Nearest frequency peer: abzubekommen (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Abuja“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Abuja“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Abuja
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbuja
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[aˈbuːd͡ʒa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#93,908
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abuja“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Abujafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abzubekommen“ (#93,909), „abzureisen“ (#93,910), „abringen“ (#93,905). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abuja“ bei #93,908. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abuja is uncommon German at frequency #93,908 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [aˈbuːd͡ʒa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt von Nigeria".

Zero misspellings are on record for Abuja in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 German form is Abuja, spelled A-B-U-J-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt von Nigeria

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Sie wollte, dass wir nach Abuja gehen und ein neues Leben beginnen.“
  2. „Die Moschee ist voll, niemand unterhält sich nebenher, als Sheikh über den Tod des Gouverneurs spricht, über die Planlosigkeit der Regierung in Abuja und warum wir beim nächsten Mal einen muslimischen Kandidaten zum Präsidenten wählen müssten.“

This word in other languages

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Abuja"?
"Abuja" is spelled A-B-U-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈbuːd͡ʒa].
What does "Abuja" mean?
As a proper noun, "Abuja" means: Hauptstadt von Nigeria
How do you pronounce "Abuja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abuja" is [aˈbuːd͡ʒa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abuja" come from?
"Abuja" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list