Rangoun
\ʁan.ɡun\
The verdict
“Rangoun” is uncommon French (frequency #78,788 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,788
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale économique de la Birmanie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rangoun · Rangoun · French
Rangoun · rank #78,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,788
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Rayleigh
Nearest frequency peer: Rayleigh (+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 « Rangoun »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- radiofréque…
radiofréquences
21,218 corpus weight
- ramenaient
ramenaient
21,216 corpus weight
- randa
randa
21,215 corpus weight
- Rangoun
Rangoun
21,213 corpus weight
- Rayleigh
Rayleigh
21,212 corpus weight
- rebaptisés
rebaptisés
21,210 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Rangoun » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rangoun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁan.ɡun\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Rangoun » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Rangoun is uncommon French at frequency #78,788 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁan.ɡun\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capitale économique de la Birmanie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Rangoun, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Rangoun, spelled R-A-N-G-O-U-N.
Definition
- 1Capitale économique de la Birmanie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rangoun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quoi qu’il en soit, la junte militaire birmane au pouvoir décrète le 7 novembre 2005 que la capitale du pays n’est plus l’historique Rangoun, mais Naypyidaw. — (Mikal Hem, Et si je devenais dictateur, traduit du norvégien par Jean-Baptiste Coursaud, Gaïa, 2017, pages 172-173)
Synonyms
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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