Afrika
\ˈaːfʁika\
The verdict
“Afrika” is uncommon French (frequency #68,781 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,781
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Afrique (continent).
Corpus desk
Index FR-afrika · Afrika · French
Afrika · rank #68,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,781
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH afférent
Nearest frequency peer: afférent (-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 « Afrika »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- affamées
affamées
31,223 corpus weight
- affolent
affolent
31,222 corpus weight
- afférent
afférent
31,221 corpus weight
- Afrika
Afrika
31,220 corpus weight
- Agni
Agni
31,219 corpus weight
- agon
agon
31,218 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Afrika » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Afrika |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈaːfʁika\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Afrika » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Afrika is uncommon French at frequency #68,781 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈaːfʁika\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Afrique (continent).".
No misspelling variants are generated for Afrika in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Afrika, spelled A-F-R-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1Afrique (continent).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Afrika appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Bananen kommen aus Afrika.
Die Menschheit kommt aus Afrika.
Synonyms
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.
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