Bujumbura
\bu.ʒum.bu.ʁa\
The verdict
“Bujumbura” is uncommon French (frequency #50,099 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,099
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale économique du Burundi ; capitale du Burundi jusqu’au 4 février 2019.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bujumbura · Bujumbura · French
Bujumbura · rank #50,099 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,099
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH broyés
Nearest frequency peer: broyés (-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 « Bujumbura »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bour
bour
49,905 corpus weight
- boutonnière
boutonnière
49,904 corpus weight
- broyés
broyés
49,903 corpus weight
- Bujumbura
Bujumbura
49,902 corpus weight
- bâclée
bâclée
49,901 corpus weight
- bétons
bétons
49,900 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bujumbura » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bujumbura |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bu.ʒum.bu.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bujumbura » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bujumbura is uncommon French at frequency #50,099 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bu.ʒum.bu.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Bujumbura in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Bujumbura, spelled B-U-J-U-M-B-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1Capitale économique du Burundi ; capitale du Burundi jusqu’au 4 février 2019.
- 2Le gouvernement burundais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bujumbura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Depuis le 4 février 2019, la capitale du Burundi n’est plus Bujumbura mais Gitega.
Je suis né ici et je mourrai ici ! Bujumbura, ça me va quelques semaines, je signe deux trois marchés, je serre la main à quelques grands bwanas, je fais le tour des popotes et des vieux copains et je rentre ici.
This word in other languages
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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