Edinburgh

name

The verdict

“Edinburgh” is uncommon French (frequency #57,909 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,909
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Édimbourg, ville d’Écosse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-edinburgh · Edinburgh · French

Edinburgh · rank #57,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,909
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH eder

Nearest frequency peer: eder (-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 « Edinburgh »

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 « Edinburgh » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Edinburgh
PropertyValue
HeadwordEdinburgh
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,909
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Edinburgh » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « eder » (#57,908), « efs » (#57,910), « ECR » (#57,907). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « Edinburgh » est au #57,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Edinburgh is uncommon French at frequency #57,909 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Édimbourg, ville d’Écosse.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Edinburgh, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Edinburgh, spelled E-D-I-N-B-U-R-G-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Édimbourg, ville d’Écosse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Edinburgh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Edinburghu byl přidělen titul královské město ve 12. století.

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 "Edinburgh"?
"Edinburgh" is spelled E-D-I-N-B-U-R-G-H.
What does "Edinburgh" mean?
As a proper noun, "Edinburgh" means: Édimbourg, ville d’Écosse.
What language does "Edinburgh" come from?
"Edinburgh" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list