Kigali
[kiˈɣ̞ali]
The verdict
“Kigali” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,997 among 248 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,997
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - es la capital de Ruanda.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kigali · Kigali · Spanish
Kigali · rank #84,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,997
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH Krzysztof
Nearest frequency peer: Krzysztof (+2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Kigali”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Karenina
Karenina
15,010 corpus weight
- Kigali
Kigali
15,004 corpus weight
- Krzysztof
Krzysztof
15,002 corpus weight
- laburan
laburan
14,999 corpus weight
- laburante
laburante
14,998 corpus weight
- lamp
lamp
14,996 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Kigali” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kigali |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kiˈɣ̞ali] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Kigali” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Kigali is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,997 among 248 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kiˈɣ̞ali]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "es la capital de Ruanda.".
Kigali doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Kigali, spelled K-I-G-A-L-I.
Definition
- 1es la capital de Ruanda.
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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