sango

\sɑ̃.ɡo\

/\sɑ̃.ɡo\/ noun

The verdict

“sango” is uncommon French (frequency #82,449 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,449
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue véhiculaire de la République centrafricaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sango · sango · French

sango · rank #82,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,449
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Salima

Nearest frequency peer: Salima (-2 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 « sango »

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 « sango » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sango
PropertyValue
Headwordsango
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.ɡo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,449
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sango » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sangotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Salima » (#82,447), « satanée » (#82,451), « Salerno » (#82,446). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sango » est au #82,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sango is uncommon French at frequency #82,449 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langue véhiculaire de la République centrafricaine.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sango, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sango, spelled S-A-N-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue véhiculaire de la République centrafricaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les prêtres français et italiens qui vivaient dans la région nous enseignaient le catéchisme en sango. Je suis venu à Bangui vers quinze ans. Au lycée, en dehors du français, nous étudiions l’anglais, le latin et le grec. Mais la ville elle-même ne parlait que le sango.
  2. Lingala, kikongo, tshiluba, swahili, sango : outre le français, cinq langues véhiculaires jouent un rôle clé dans le bassin du Congo, correspondant aux trois pays.

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 "sango"?
"sango" is spelled S-A-N-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.ɡo\.
What does "sango" mean?
As a noun, "sango" means: Langue véhiculaire de la République centrafricaine.
How do you pronounce "sango"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sango" is \sɑ̃.ɡo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sango" come from?
"sango" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list