Uagadugú
[waɣ̞að̞uˈɣ̞u]
The verdict
“Uagadugú” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,451 among 448 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,451
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capital de Burkina Faso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-uagadugu · Uagadugú · Spanish
Uagadugú · rank #90,451 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,451
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH tuvisteis
Nearest frequency peer: tuvisteis (-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 “Uagadugú”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tuerta
tuerta
9,553 corpus weight
- tuvisteis
tuvisteis
9,551 corpus weight
- Uagadugú
Uagadugú
9,550 corpus weight
- universalis
universalis
9,547 corpus weight
- Ural
Ural
9,546 corpus weight
- urbanizadas
urbanizadas
9,545 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Uagadugú” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Uagadugú |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [waɣ̞að̞uˈɣ̞u] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Uagadugú” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Uagadugú is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,451 among 448 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [waɣ̞að̞uˈɣ̞u]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capital de Burkina Faso.".
Uagadugú doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Uagadugú, spelled U-A-G-A-D-U-G-Ú.
Definition
- 1Capital de Burkina Faso.
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); 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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