Kolwezi
\kɔl.we.zi\
The verdict
“Kolwezi” is uncommon French (frequency #93,953 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,953
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et chef-lieu de la province du Lualaba au Congo-Kinshasa.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kolwezi · Kolwezi · French
Kolwezi · rank #93,953 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,953
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Kolbe
Nearest frequency peer: Kolbe (-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 « Kolwezi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- knot
knot
6,051 corpus weight
- kodi
kodi
6,050 corpus weight
- Kolbe
Kolbe
6,049 corpus weight
- Kolwezi
Kolwezi
6,048 corpus weight
- Komarov
Komarov
6,047 corpus weight
- kosovare
kosovare
6,045 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Kolwezi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kolwezi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɔl.we.zi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Kolwezi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Kolwezi is uncommon French at frequency #93,953 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɔl.we.zi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville et chef-lieu de la province du Lualaba au Congo-Kinshasa.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kolwezi in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Kolwezi, spelled K-O-L-W-E-Z-I.
Definition
- 1Ville et chef-lieu de la province du Lualaba au Congo-Kinshasa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kolwezi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En mai 1978, elle a permis de larguer un bataillon parachutiste directement sur la ville de Kolwezi, pourtant tenue par des forces ennemies très supérieures en nombre et même plutôt mieux équipées.
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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