Uagadugú
[waɣ̞að̞uˈɣ̞u]
The verdict
“Uagadugú” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #90,451 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #90,451
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capital de Burkina Faso.
| 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) |
Where “Uagadugú” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Uagadugú is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [waɣ̞að̞uˈɣ̞u]. Corpus data places it at rank #90,451 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “Uagadugú”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-A-G-A-D-U-G-Ú - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [waɣ̞að̞uˈɣ̞u] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.