Havana
The verdict
“Havana” is uncommon French (frequency #52,103 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,103
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La Havane, capitale de Cuba.
Corpus desk
Index FR-havana · Havana · French
Havana · rank #52,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,103
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH haul
Nearest frequency peer: haul (-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 « Havana »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Haskell
Haskell
47,901 corpus weight
- hau
hau
47,900 corpus weight
- haul
haul
47,899 corpus weight
- Havana
Havana
47,898 corpus weight
- hells
hells
47,897 corpus weight
- herbacées
herbacées
47,896 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Havana » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Havana |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Havana » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Havana is uncommon French at frequency #52,103 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "La Havane, capitale de Cuba.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Havana in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Havana, spelled H-A-V-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1La Havane, capitale de Cuba.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Havana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Spisovatel Ernest Hemingway strávil v Havaně 20 let svého života.
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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