Bantous
\bɑ̃n.tu\
The verdict
“Bantous” is uncommon French (frequency #71,275 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,275
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peuple d'Afrique australe occidentale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bantous · Bantous · French
Bantous · rank #71,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,275
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bandar
Nearest frequency peer: bandar (-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 « Bantous »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- balafre
balafre
28,730 corpus weight
- balayeur
balayeur
28,729 corpus weight
- bandar
bandar
28,727 corpus weight
- Bantous
Bantous
28,726 corpus weight
- baptistes
baptistes
28,725 corpus weight
- barbichette
barbichette
28,724 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bantous » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bantous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bɑ̃n.tu\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bantous » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bantous is uncommon French at frequency #71,275 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bɑ̃n.tu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peuple d'Afrique australe occidentale.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Bantous in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Bantous, spelled B-A-N-T-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Peuple d'Afrique australe occidentale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bantous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Bantous, auparavant épargnés pour l’essentiel, subissent alors le choc de la colonisation.
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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