Yaoundé
/jɑːˈʊndeɪ/
"yaounde" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yaoundé” 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
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital city of Cameroon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yaounde · Yaoundé · English
Yaoundé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Y" 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 | Yaoundé |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /jɑːˈʊndeɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Yaoundé” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Yaoundé is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /jɑːˈʊndeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The capital city of Cameroon.".
Yaoundé has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Yaoundé, spelled Y-A-O-U-N-D-É.
Definition
- 1The capital city of Cameroon.
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.