Gabun

[ɡaˈbuːn]

/[ɡaˈbuːn]/ name

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The verdict

“Gabun” is uncommon German (frequency #69,245 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,245
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Land in Zentralafrika

Corpus desk

Index DE-gabun · Gabun · German

Gabun · rank #69,245 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,245
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fürstentums

Nearest frequency peer: Fürstentums (-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 „Gabun“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gabun
PropertyValue
HeadwordGabun
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ɡaˈbuːn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#69,245
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gabun“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fürstentums“ (#69,244), „Gartenanlagen“ (#69,247), „förmlichen“ (#69,242). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gabun“ bei #69,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gabun is uncommon German at frequency #69,245 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɡaˈbuːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Land in Zentralafrika".

Gabun doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gabun, spelled G-A-B-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Land in Zentralafrika

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Das Land Gabun ist sehr dünn besiedelt und hat eine vergleichsweise geringe Einwohnerzahl.“
  2. Libreville ist die Hauptstadt von Gabun.

Synonyms

Gabunische Republik

This word in other languages

Gabon(English)Gabón(Español)Gabon(Français)Gabão(Português)

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 "Gabun"?
"Gabun" is spelled G-A-B-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡaˈbuːn].
What does "Gabun" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gabun" means: Land in Zentralafrika
How do you pronounce "Gabun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gabun" is [ɡaˈbuːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gabun" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Flats#69,222flags#69,220Etsch#69,196gähnt#69,313

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list