Afrique de l’Ouest

\a.fʁik də l‿wɛst\

/\a.fʁik də l‿wɛst\/ name

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The verdict

“Afrique de l’Ouest” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie occidentale du continent africain s’étendant du golfe de Guinée à l’Est, jusqu’au fleuve Sénégal au Nord-Ouest.

Key facts for Afrique de l’Ouest
PropertyValue
HeadwordAfrique de l’Ouest
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.fʁik də l‿wɛst\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Afrique de l’Ouest” sits in French frequency

Afrique de l’Ouest falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Afrique de l’Ouest is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.fʁik də l‿wɛst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Afrique de l’Ouest, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Afrique de l’Ouest, spelled A-F-R-I-Q-U-E- -D-E- -L-’-O-U-E-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie occidentale du continent africain s’étendant du golfe de Guinée à l’Est, jusqu’au fleuve Sénégal au Nord-Ouest.
  2. 2
    Partie occidentale du continent africain s’étendant du golfe de Guinée à l’Est, jusqu’au fleuve Sénégal au Nord-Ouest.

Synonyms

Afrique occidentale

This word in other languages

West Africa(English)Westafrika(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Afrique de l’Ouest"?
"Afrique de l’Ouest" is spelled A-F-R-I-Q-U-E- -D-E- -L-’-O-U-E-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fʁik də l‿wɛst\.
What does "Afrique de l’Ouest" mean?
As a proper noun, "Afrique de l’Ouest" means: Partie occidentale du continent africain s’étendant du golfe de Guinée à l’Est, jusqu’au fleuve Sénégal au Nord-Ouest.
How do you pronounce "Afrique de l’Ouest"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Afrique de l’Ouest" is \a.fʁik də l‿wɛst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Afrique de l’Ouest" come from?
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Using “Afrique de l’Ouest”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-F-R-I-Q-U-E- -D-E- -L-’-O-U-E-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.fʁik də l‿wɛst\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list