Rufisque
\ʁy.fisk\
The verdict
“Rufisque” is uncommon French (frequency #84,270 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,270
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville du Sénégal, chef-lieu du département de Rufisque, dans la région de Dakar.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rufisque · Rufisque · French
Rufisque · rank #84,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,270
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Rudyard
Nearest frequency peer: Rudyard (-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 « Rufisque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ronflait
ronflait
15,736 corpus weight
- rots
rots
15,734 corpus weight
- roulet
roulet
15,733 corpus weight
- Rudyard
Rudyard
15,732 corpus weight
- Rufisque
Rufisque
15,731 corpus weight
- réchauffant
réchauffant
15,727 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Rufisque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rufisque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁy.fisk\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Rufisque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Rufisque is uncommon French at frequency #84,270 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁy.fisk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville du Sénégal, chef-lieu du département de Rufisque, dans la région de Dakar.".
Rufisque has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Rufisque, spelled R-U-F-I-S-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Ville du Sénégal, chef-lieu du département de Rufisque, dans la région de Dakar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rufisque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au 16ème siècle, le petit village de pêcheurs prendra le nom de Rufisque. Classé en même temps que Saint-Louis, Dakar et Gorée parmi les centres rayonnants de la côte occidentale d’Afrique, la ville fut érigée en commune de plein exercice par décret du 12 juin 1880, bien avant Dakar.
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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