Bama

\ba.ma\

/\ba.ma\/ name

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The verdict

“Bama” is uncommon French (frequency #85,494 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,494
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville de la province de Houet de la région des Hauts-Bassins au Burkina Faso.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bama · Bama · French

Bama · rank #85,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,494
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baladeuses

Nearest frequency peer: baladeuses (-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 « Bama »

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 « Bama » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bama
PropertyValue
HeadwordBama
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ba.ma\
Letters4
Frequency rank#85,494
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Bama » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Bamatombe 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: « baladeuses » (#85,493), « banat » (#85,495), « aïoli » (#85,492). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bama » est au #85,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bama is uncommon French at frequency #85,494 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ba.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Bama, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Bama, spelled B-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville de la province de Houet de la région des Hauts-Bassins au Burkina Faso.
  2. 2
    Département de la province de Houet de la région des Hauts-Bassins au Burkina Faso.
  3. 3
    Ville de la province de Banwa de la région de la Boucle du Mouhoun au Burkina Faso.
  4. 4
    Ville de la province de Koulpélogo de la région de la Centre-Est au Burkina Faso.

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 "Bama"?
"Bama" is spelled B-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ma\.
What does "Bama" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bama" means: Ville de la province de Houet de la région des Hauts-Bassins au Burkina Faso.
How do you pronounce "Bama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bama" is \ba.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bama" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Auer#85,488berr#85,512Arfi#85,474boye#85,529

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list