Kinshasa
[kĩnʲˈʃasa]
The verdict
“Kinshasa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,184 among 248 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,184
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - es la capital de la República Democrática del Congo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kinshasa · Kinshasa · Spanish
Kinshasa · rank #63,184 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,184
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH kioskos
Nearest frequency peer: kioskos (+1 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 “Kinshasa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Japanese
Japanese
36,824 corpus weight
- jemer
jemer
36,823 corpus weight
- Kinshasa
Kinshasa
36,817 corpus weight
- kioskos
kioskos
36,816 corpus weight
- Lancelot
Lancelot
36,814 corpus weight
- Lazcano
Lazcano
36,811 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Kinshasa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kinshasa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kĩnʲˈʃasa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Kinshasa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Kinshasa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,184 among 248 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kĩnʲˈʃasa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "es la capital de la República Democrática del Congo.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kinshasa, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Kinshasa, spelled K-I-N-S-H-A-S-A.
Definition
- 1es la capital de la República Democrática del Congo.
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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