Göteborg
The verdict
“Göteborg” is uncommon French (frequency #50,873 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,873
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville de Suède, située à mi-chemin entre Oslo et Copenhague.
Corpus desk
Index FR-goteborg · Göteborg · French
Göteborg · rank #50,873 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,873
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gérable
Nearest frequency peer: gérable (-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 « Göteborg »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- guildes
guildes
49,131 corpus weight
- Guyana
Guyana
49,130 corpus weight
- gérable
gérable
49,129 corpus weight
- Göteborg
Göteborg
49,128 corpus weight
- hachoir
hachoir
49,127 corpus weight
- hacienda
hacienda
49,126 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Göteborg » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Göteborg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Göteborg » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Göteborg is uncommon French at frequency #50,873 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville de Suède, située à mi-chemin entre Oslo et Copenhague.".
Göteborg doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Göteborg, spelled G-Ö-T-E-B-O-R-G.
Definition
- 1Ville de Suède, située à mi-chemin entre Oslo et Copenhague.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Göteborg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Göteborg est le plus grand port de la région nordique et joue donc un rôle stratégique central.
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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