Banjul
\bɑ̃.ʒul\
The verdict
“Banjul” is uncommon French (frequency #83,624 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,624
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et capitale de Gambie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-banjul · Banjul · French
Banjul · rank #83,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,624
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH balkanisation
Nearest frequency peer: balkanisation (-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 « Banjul »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Bages
Bages
16,381 corpus weight
- balayez
balayez
16,379 corpus weight
- balkanisati…
balkanisation
16,378 corpus weight
- Banjul
Banjul
16,377 corpus weight
- Banon
Banon
16,376 corpus weight
- barrera
barrera
16,374 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Banjul » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « Banjul » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Banjul is uncommon French at frequency #83,624 among 4,251 “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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