Bangui
[ˈbãŋgi]
The verdict
“Bangui” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,141 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,141
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - es la capital de la República Centroafricana.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bangui |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbãŋgi] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bangui” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bangui is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,141 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbãŋgi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "es la capital de la República Centroafricana.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bangui in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Bangui, spelled B-A-N-G-U-I.
Definition
- 1es la capital de la República Centroafricana.
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 Spanish 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 Spanish spelling is B-A-N-G-U-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbãŋgi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.