Shibuya
The verdict
“Shibuya” is uncommon French (frequency #60,374 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,374
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des vingt-trois arrondissements spéciaux formant Tokyo, au Japon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-shibuya · Shibuya · French
Shibuya · rank #60,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,374
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Sheraton
Nearest frequency peer: Sheraton (-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 « Shibuya »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- SGP
SGP
39,630 corpus weight
- shebab
shebab
39,629 corpus weight
- Sheraton
Sheraton
39,628 corpus weight
- Shibuya
Shibuya
39,627 corpus weight
- Sidaction
Sidaction
39,626 corpus weight
- Sidon
Sidon
39,625 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Shibuya » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shibuya |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Shibuya » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Shibuya is uncommon French at frequency #60,374 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un des vingt-trois arrondissements spéciaux formant Tokyo, au Japon.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Shibuya in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Shibuya, spelled S-H-I-B-U-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Un des vingt-trois arrondissements spéciaux formant Tokyo, au Japon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Shibuya appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai trouvé l’endroit idéal dans le quartier hypertendance de Shibuya, et, devinez quoi ? J’ai carrément signé !
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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