Aboukir

\a.bu.kiʁ\

/\a.bu.kiʁ\/ name

The verdict

“Aboukir” is uncommon French (frequency #74,516 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,516
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Baie près d’Alexandrie en Égypte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aboukir · Aboukir · French

Aboukir · rank #74,516 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,516
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abjurer

Nearest frequency peer: abjurer (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Aboukir »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Aboukir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Aboukir
PropertyValue
HeadwordAboukir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.bu.kiʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#74,516
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Aboukir » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Aboukirtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « abjurer » (#74,515), « absolutiste » (#74,517), « abatte » (#74,514). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Aboukir » est au #74,516. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Aboukir is uncommon French at frequency #74,516 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.bu.kiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Aboukir, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Aboukir, spelled A-B-O-U-K-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Baie près d’Alexandrie en Égypte.
  2. 2
    Mesra, commune de la wilaya de Mostaganem en Algérie.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Aboukir"?
"Aboukir" is spelled A-B-O-U-K-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bu.kiʁ\.
What does "Aboukir" mean?
As a proper noun, "Aboukir" means: Baie près d’Alexandrie en Égypte.
How do you pronounce "Aboukir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Aboukir" is \a.bu.kiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Aboukir" come from?
"Aboukir" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Aboukir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list