Banjul
\bɑ̃.ʒul\
The verdict
“Banjul” is uncommon French (frequency #83,624 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,624
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville et capitale de Gambie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Banjul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bɑ̃.ʒul\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Banjul” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Banjul is uncommon French at frequency #83,624 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bɑ̃.ʒul\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Banjul, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Banjul, spelled B-A-N-J-U-L.
Definition
- 1Ville et capitale de Gambie.
- 2Gouvernement gambien.
Synonyms
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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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Using “Banjul”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-N-J-U-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.