burkinabés

\byʁ.ki.na.be\

/\byʁ.ki.na.be\/ adj

The verdict

“burkinabés” is uncommon French (frequency #90,498 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,498
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de burkinabé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-burkinabes · burkinabés · French

burkinabés · rank #90,498 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,498
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH buenas

Nearest frequency peer: buenas (-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 « burkinabés »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « burkinabés » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for burkinabés
PropertyValue
Headwordburkinabés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\byʁ.ki.na.be\
Letters10
Frequency rank#90,498
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « burkinabés » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).burkinabéstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « buenas » (#90,497), « bâiller » (#90,499), « brûlèrent » (#90,496). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « burkinabés » est au #90,498. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

burkinabés is uncommon French at frequency #90,498 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \byʁ.ki.na.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de burkinabé.".

Zero misspellings are on record for burkinabés in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is burkinabés, spelled B-U-R-K-I-N-A-B-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de burkinabé.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "burkinabés"?
"burkinabés" is spelled B-U-R-K-I-N-A-B-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \byʁ.ki.na.be\.
What does "burkinabés" mean?
As an adjective, "burkinabés" means: Pluriel de burkinabé.
How do you pronounce "burkinabés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "burkinabés" is \byʁ.ki.na.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "burkinabés" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "burkinabés", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list