FESPACO

name

The verdict

“FESPACO” is uncommon French (frequency #73,995 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,995
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fespaco · FESPACO · French

FESPACO · rank #73,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,995
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fermières

Nearest frequency peer: fermières (-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 « FESPACO »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for FESPACO
PropertyValue
HeadwordFESPACO
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,995
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « FESPACO » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).FESPACOtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fermières » (#73,994), « fela » (#73,993), « fichez » (#73,997). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « FESPACO » est au #73,995. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

FESPACO is uncommon French at frequency #73,995 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for FESPACO, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 FESPACO, spelled F-E-S-P-A-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainsi la 4ᵉ session du FESPACO se tint en mars 1973, le 5ᵉ en février 1976 (léger décalage dû au différend frontalier qui éclata en 1975 entre le Mali et la Haute-Volta) ; le 6ᵉ en février 1979 […].

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 "FESPACO"?
"FESPACO" is spelled F-E-S-P-A-C-O.
What does "FESPACO" mean?
As a proper noun, "FESPACO" means: Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou.
What language does "FESPACO" come from?
"FESPACO" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list