Rangoon

\ʁɑ̃.ɡun\

/\ʁɑ̃.ɡun\/ name

The verdict

“Rangoon” is uncommon French (frequency #62,567 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,567
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale économique du Myanmar.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rangoon · Rangoon · French

Rangoon · rank #62,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,567
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ramollir

Nearest frequency peer: ramollir (-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 « Rangoon »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Rangoon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rangoon
PropertyValue
HeadwordRangoon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʁɑ̃.ɡun\
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,567
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Rangoon » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Rangoontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « ramollir » (#62,566), « rao » (#62,568), « Ramatuelle » (#62,565). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « Rangoon » est au #62,567. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rangoon is uncommon French at frequency #62,567 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁɑ̃.ɡun\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capitale économique du Myanmar.".

Rangoon has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Rangoon, spelled R-A-N-G-O-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capitale économique du Myanmar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Rangoon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lundi matin, les militaires se sont emparés de l’hôtel de ville de Rangoon.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rangoon"?
"Rangoon" is spelled R-A-N-G-O-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.ɡun\.
What does "Rangoon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Rangoon" means: Capitale économique du Myanmar.
How do you pronounce "Rangoon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rangoon" is \ʁɑ̃.ɡun\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rangoon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list