Kinshasa
\kin.ʃa.sa\
The verdict
“Kinshasa” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,407. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,407
- frequency rank, French
- 110,375
- “K” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville capitale et province de la République démocratique du Congo (auparavant le Zaïre (1971–1997)).
Corpus desk
Index FR-kinshasa · Kinshasa · French
Kinshasa · rank #12,407 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,407
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 110,375
- PHOTO-FINISH jésuites
Nearest frequency peer: jésuites (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kinshasa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jade
jade
87,598 corpus weight
- justine
justine
87,596 corpus weight
- jésuites
jésuites
87,595 corpus weight
- Kinshasa
Kinshasa
87,594 corpus weight
- lang
lang
87,593 corpus weight
- lauréat
lauréat
87,592 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kinshasa” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kinshasa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kin.ʃa.sa\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kinshasa” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Kinshasa (IPA \kin.ʃa.sa\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,407 among 110,375 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kinshasa, with forms such as "iknshasa", "kinhsasa", and "kinnshasa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Kinshasa, spelled K-I-N-S-H-A-S-A.
Definition
- 1Ville capitale et province de la République démocratique du Congo (auparavant le Zaïre (1971–1997)).
- 2Commune de la ville de Kinshasa et ancien village.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iknshasa
- kinhsasa
- kinnshasa
- kinsahsa
- kinshaas
- kinshassa
- kinshhasa
- kinshsaa
- kinsshasa
- kisnhasa
- kkinshasa
- knishasa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kinshasa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kinshasa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.