Shibuya

name

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Shibuya » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Shibuya
PropertyValue
HeadwordShibuya
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,374
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Shibuya » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Sheraton » (#60,373), « Sidaction » (#60,375), « shebab » (#60,372). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Shibuya » est au #60,374. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Un des vingt-trois arrondissements spéciaux formant Tokyo, au Japon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Shibuya"?
"Shibuya" is spelled S-H-I-B-U-Y-A.
What does "Shibuya" mean?
As a proper noun, "Shibuya" means: Un des vingt-trois arrondissements spéciaux formant Tokyo, au Japon.
What language does "Shibuya" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list