Ouagadougou
[ˌvaɡaˈduːɡu]
The verdict
“Ouagadougou” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt Burkina Fasos
Corpus desk
Index DE-ouagadougou · Ouagadougou · German
Ouagadougou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ouagadougou |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌvaɡaˈduːɡu] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ouagadougou“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ouagadougou is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌvaɡaˈduːɡu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt Burkina Fasos".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ouagadougou in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ouagadougou, spelled O-U-A-G-A-D-O-U-G-O-U.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt Burkina Fasos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ouagadougou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Ouagadougou des 20. Jahrhunderts machte eine große Wachstumsphase durch.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.