Ruanda
\ʁwɑ̃.da\
The verdict
“Ruanda” is uncommon French (frequency #94,222 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,222
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de Rwanda.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ruanda · Ruanda · French
Ruanda · rank #94,222 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,222
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH royans
Nearest frequency peer: royans (-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 « Ruanda »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rorqual
rorqual
5,782 corpus weight
- Rouy
Rouy
5,781 corpus weight
- royans
royans
5,780 corpus weight
- Ruanda
Ruanda
5,779 corpus weight
- Rudel
Rudel
5,778 corpus weight
- rufo
rufo
5,777 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ruanda » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ruanda |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁwɑ̃.da\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ruanda » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ruanda is uncommon French at frequency #94,222 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁwɑ̃.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de Rwanda.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ruanda in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Ruanda, spelled R-U-A-N-D-A.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de Rwanda.
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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