Coimbra
\ˈkwĩbɾɐ\
The verdict
“Coimbra” is uncommon French (frequency #62,147 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,147
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coimbra.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coimbra · Coimbra · French
Coimbra · rank #62,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,147
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cofondé
Nearest frequency peer: cofondé (-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 « Coimbra »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- coercitive
coercitive
37,856 corpus weight
- cofondé
cofondé
37,855 corpus weight
- Coimbra
Coimbra
37,854 corpus weight
- collaborait
collaborait
37,853 corpus weight
- colonia
colonia
37,852 corpus weight
- coloriages
coloriages
37,851 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Coimbra » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Coimbra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈkwĩbɾɐ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Coimbra » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Coimbra is uncommon French at frequency #62,147 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈkwĩbɾɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coimbra.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Coimbra, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Coimbra, spelled C-O-I-M-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1Coimbra.
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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