Durango
\dy.ʁaɲ.ɡo\
The verdict
“Durango” is uncommon French (frequency #69,006 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,006
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune d’Espagne, située dans la province de Biscaye et la Communauté autonome du Pays basque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-durango · Durango · French
Durango · rank #69,006 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,006
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH duomo
Nearest frequency peer: duomo (-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 « Durango »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Dudelange
Dudelange
30,998 corpus weight
- Duluth
Duluth
30,997 corpus weight
- duomo
duomo
30,996 corpus weight
- Durango
Durango
30,995 corpus weight
- durif
durif
30,994 corpus weight
- débarcadère
débarcadère
30,992 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Durango » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Durango |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dy.ʁaɲ.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Durango » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Durango is uncommon French at frequency #69,006 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dy.ʁaɲ.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Durango, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Durango, spelled D-U-R-A-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1Commune d’Espagne, située dans la province de Biscaye et la Communauté autonome du Pays basque.
- 2État du Mexique.
- 3Capitale de l’État de Durango, aussi connue sous le nom de Victoria de Durango.
- 4Localité, chef-lieu du comté de La Plata dans le Colorado.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Durango appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le mari, les enfants, les trois petites-filles, réunis autour du lit d’Eskarne, 86 ans, à Durango (Espagne).
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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