lac Tanganyika
\lak tɑ̃.ɡa.nji.ka\
The verdict
“lac Tanganyika” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lac d’Afrique, situé au centre-est du continent, entre le Burundi, la République démocratique du Congo, la Tanzanie et la Zambie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lac-tanganyika · lac Tanganyika · French
lac Tanganyika · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lac Tanganyika |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lak tɑ̃.ɡa.nji.ka\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lac Tanganyika is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lak tɑ̃.ɡa.nji.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lac d’Afrique, situé au centre-est du continent, entre le Burundi, la République démocratique du Congo, la Tanzanie et la Zambie.".
No misspelling variants are generated for lac Tanganyika in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lac Tanganyika, spelled L-A-C- -T-A-N-G-A-N-Y-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1Lac d’Afrique, situé au centre-est du continent, entre le Burundi, la République démocratique du Congo, la Tanzanie et la Zambie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lac Tanganyika appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De fait, le lac Victoria est le troisième plus grand lac d’eau douce du monde, tandis que le lac Tanganyika est le deuxième plus grand lac du monde en termes de volume et de profondeur.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.