Fukuoka

Name: Fukuoka, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Fukuoka” is uncommon French (frequency #76,598 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,598
frequency rank, French: 137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville située à la pointe nord de l'île de Kyushu, au Japon.

Key facts for Fukuoka
Property	Value
Headword	Fukuoka
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#76,598
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Fukuoka” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Fukuoka lands here:

#76,598

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fukuoka is uncommon French at frequency #76,598 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Fukuoka in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Fukuoka, spelled F-U-K-U-O-K-A.

Definition

1
Ville située à la pointe nord de l'île de Kyushu, au Japon.
2
Préfecture japonaise ayant cette ville pour capitale.

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 "Fukuoka"?

"Fukuoka" is spelled F-U-K-U-O-K-A.

What does "Fukuoka" mean?

As a proper noun, "Fukuoka" means: Ville située à la pointe nord de l'île de Kyushu, au Japon.

What language does "Fukuoka" come from?

"Fukuoka" 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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Using “Fukuoka”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is F-U-K-U-O-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.