Kaduna

\ka.dou.na\

/\ka.dou.na\/ name

The verdict

“Kaduna” is uncommon French (frequency #96,045 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,045
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et État du Nord du Nigéria.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kaduna · Kaduna · French

Kaduna · rank #96,045 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,045
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH juraient

Nearest frequency peer: juraient (-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 « Kaduna »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kaduna
PropertyValue
HeadwordKaduna
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.dou.na\
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,045
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Kaduna » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « juraient » (#96,044), « Kagoshima » (#96,046), « kamoulox » (#96,047). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kaduna » est au #96,045. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kaduna is uncommon French at frequency #96,045 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.dou.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville et État du Nord du Nigéria.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Kaduna in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Kaduna, spelled K-A-D-U-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville et État du Nord du Nigéria.

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 "Kaduna"?
"Kaduna" is spelled K-A-D-U-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.dou.na\.
What does "Kaduna" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kaduna" means: Ville et État du Nord du Nigéria.
How do you pronounce "Kaduna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kaduna" is \ka.dou.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kaduna" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list