Bujumbura
/ˌbuːdʒəmˈbʊəɹə/
"bujumbura" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bujumbura” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The largest city, and former capital, of Burundi.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bujumbura · Bujumbura · English
Bujumbura · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | Bujumbura |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌbuːdʒəmˈbʊəɹə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bujumbura” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bujumbura is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌbuːdʒəmˈbʊəɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The largest city, and former capital, of Burundi.".
Bujumbura has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Bujumbura, spelled B-U-J-U-M-B-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1The largest city, and former capital, of Burundi.
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.