Bamako
[ˈbaːmaˌkoː]
The verdict
“Bamako” is uncommon German (frequency #84,978 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,978
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Mali
Corpus desk
Index DE-bamako · Bamako · German
Bamako · rank #84,978 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,978
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bahngleise
Nearest frequency peer: Bahngleise (-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 „Bamako“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Baguettes
Baguettes
15,026 corpus weight
- Bahnchef
Bahnchef
15,025 corpus weight
- Bahngleise
Bahngleise
15,024 corpus weight
- Bamako
Bamako
15,023 corpus weight
- banales
banales
15,022 corpus weight
- Bankkarte
Bankkarte
15,021 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bamako“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bamako |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaːmaˌkoː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bamako“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bamako is uncommon German at frequency #84,978 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbaːmaˌkoː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt von Mali".
Bamako has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Bamako, spelled B-A-M-A-K-O.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt von Mali
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bamako appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Bamako der Kolonialzeit hatte noch deutlich weniger Einwohner.
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.
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