Lubumbashi
\lu.bum.ba.ʃi\
The verdict
“Lubumbashi” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,404. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,404
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville et capitale de la province du Haut-Katanga au Congo-Kinshasa, appelée Élisabethville jusqu’en 1966.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lubumbashi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lu.bum.ba.ʃi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lubumbashi” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Lubumbashi (IPA \lu.bum.ba.ʃi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,404 among 128,088 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lubumbashi, with forms such as "lbuumbashi", "llubumbashi", and "lubbumbashi". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Lubumbashi, spelled L-U-B-U-M-B-A-S-H-I.
Definition
- 1Ville et capitale de la province du Haut-Katanga au Congo-Kinshasa, appelée Élisabethville jusqu’en 1966.
- 2Commune de la ville de Lubumbashi.
- 3Rivière traversant la ville de Lubumbashi.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lbuumbashi,llubumbashi,lubbumbashi,lubmubashi,lububmashi,lubumabshi,lubumbahsi,lubumbashhi,lubumbasih,lubumbasshi,lubumbbashi,lubumbsahi,lubummbashi,luubmbashi,ulbumbashi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lubumbashi - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Lubumbashi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-U-B-U-M-B-A-S-H-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lu.bum.ba.ʃi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.