Fukuoka
The verdict
“Fukuoka” is uncommon French (frequency #76,598 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,598
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville située à la pointe nord de l'île de Kyushu, au Japon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fukuoka · Fukuoka · French
Fukuoka · rank #76,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,598
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fustigeant
Nearest frequency peer: fustigeant (+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 « Fukuoka »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fripouille
fripouille
23,406 corpus weight
- frontera
frontera
23,405 corpus weight
- Fukuoka
Fukuoka
23,403 corpus weight
- fustigeant
fustigeant
23,402 corpus weight
- fuzzy
fuzzy
23,401 corpus weight
- féconds
féconds
23,399 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Fukuoka » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « Fukuoka » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Fukuoka is uncommon French at frequency #76,598 among 3,276 “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
- 1Ville située à la pointe nord de l'île de Kyushu, au Japon.
- 2Préfecture japonaise ayant cette ville pour capitale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fukuoka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le roi du papillon, Kristof Milak, a annoncé hier sa décision de ne pas participer aux Championnats du monde à Fukuoka au Japon (23-30 juillet).
Les équipes de France masculine et féminine de water-polo se lancent dans les championnats du monde à Fukuoka (Japon) avec l’intention commune d’accumuler de l’expérience avant le grand rendez-vous des JO 2024.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).