Mombasa
\mɔ̃m.ba.sa\
The verdict
“Mombasa” is uncommon French (frequency #51,613 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,613
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville portuaire du Kenya.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mombasa · Mombasa · French
Mombasa · rank #51,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,613
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH moquais
Nearest frequency peer: moquais (+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 « Mombasa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- millénium
millénium
48,391 corpus weight
- mirador
mirador
48,390 corpus weight
- Mombasa
Mombasa
48,388 corpus weight
- moquais
moquais
48,387 corpus weight
- moulante
moulante
48,386 corpus weight
- mourras
mourras
48,385 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mombasa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mombasa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃m.ba.sa\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mombasa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mombasa is uncommon French at frequency #51,613 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mɔ̃m.ba.sa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville portuaire du Kenya.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Mombasa in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Mombasa, spelled M-O-M-B-A-S-A.
Definition
- 1Ville portuaire du Kenya.
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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