Maiduguri
\maj.du.ɡu.ʁi\
The verdict
“Maiduguri” is uncommon French (frequency #95,027 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,027
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et capitale de l'État du Borno au Nigeria.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maiduguri · Maiduguri · French
Maiduguri · rank #95,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,027
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mahjong
Nearest frequency peer: mahjong (-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 « Maiduguri »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- macronien
macronien
4,977 corpus weight
- macumba
macumba
4,976 corpus weight
- mahjong
mahjong
4,975 corpus weight
- Maiduguri
Maiduguri
4,974 corpus weight
- maior
maior
4,973 corpus weight
- majority
majority
4,971 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Maiduguri » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maiduguri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \maj.du.ɡu.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Maiduguri » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Maiduguri is uncommon French at frequency #95,027 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \maj.du.ɡu.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville et capitale de l'État du Borno au Nigeria.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Maiduguri in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Maiduguri, spelled M-A-I-D-U-G-U-R-I.
Definition
- 1Ville et capitale de l'État du Borno au Nigeria.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maiduguri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cinq mort dans un attentat-suicide à 15 km de Maiduguri.
Je reste à Maiduguri, la capitale de l’État de Borno, et je n’en sors pas, car ce serait trop dangereux.
Synonyms
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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