Bangui
[bɑ̃ˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Bangui” is uncommon German (frequency #78,924 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,924
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hauptstadt der Zentralafrikanischen Republik
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bangui |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [bɑ̃ˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bangui” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bangui is uncommon German at frequency #78,924 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [bɑ̃ˈɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt der Zentralafrikanischen Republik".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bangui in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bangui, spelled B-A-N-G-U-I.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt der Zentralafrikanischen Republik
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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Using “Bangui”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-N-G-U-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.