Managua
\ma.na.ɡwa\
The verdict
“Managua” is uncommon French (frequency #76,778 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,778
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale du Nicaragua, situé sur la côte sud-ouest du lac Xolotlán ou lac Managua.
Corpus desk
Index FR-managua · Managua · French
Managua · rank #76,778 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,778
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mallettes
Nearest frequency peer: mallettes (-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 « Managua »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Madelon
Madelon
23,228 corpus weight
- maggiore
maggiore
23,227 corpus weight
- mallettes
mallettes
23,224 corpus weight
- Managua
Managua
23,223 corpus weight
- manin
manin
23,221 corpus weight
- maniérisme
maniérisme
23,220 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Managua » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Managua |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.na.ɡwa\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,778 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Managua » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Managua is uncommon French at frequency #76,778 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.na.ɡwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Managua, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Managua, spelled M-A-N-A-G-U-A.
Definition
- 1Capitale du Nicaragua, situé sur la côte sud-ouest du lac Xolotlán ou lac Managua.
- 2Gouvernement du Nicaragua.
- 3Département du Nicaragua dont la capitale est Managua.
- 4Lac situé au Nord de la ville de Managua.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Managua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le gouvernement peine à convaincre que la situation est redevenue normale alors que la police anti-émeutes est omniprésente dans les secteurs stratégiques de la capitale Managua et des principales villes de province.
L’Union européenne pourrait aussi adopter des sanctions contre Managua si les derniers prisonniers réclamés par l’opposition ne sont pas libérés, soulignent des analystes consultés par l’AFP.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).