bongos
\bɔ̃.ɡo\
The verdict
“bongos” is uncommon French (frequency #96,687 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,687
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bongo.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bongos · bongos · French
bongos · rank #96,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,687
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bonite
Nearest frequency peer: bonite (+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 « bongos »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bloche
bloche
3,319 corpus weight
- bluette
bluette
3,317 corpus weight
- blâmée
blâmée
3,316 corpus weight
- bongos
bongos
3,314 corpus weight
- bonite
bonite
3,313 corpus weight
- bourgeonnem…
bourgeonnement
3,310 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bongos » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bongos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ̃.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bongos » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bongos is uncommon French at frequency #96,687 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ̃.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de bongo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bongos in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bongos, spelled B-O-N-G-O-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de bongo.
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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