Sikasso

\si.ka.sɔ\

/\si.ka.sɔ\/ name

The verdict

“Sikasso” is uncommon French (frequency #95,333 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,333
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et commune malienne, capitale de la région de Sikasso.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sikasso · Sikasso · French

Sikasso · rank #95,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,333
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH siffleur

Nearest frequency peer: siffleur (-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 « Sikasso »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sikasso
PropertyValue
HeadwordSikasso
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\si.ka.sɔ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,333
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Sikasso » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Sikassotombe 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: « siffleur » (#95,332), « simile » (#95,334), « siennois » (#95,331). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sikasso » est au #95,333. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sikasso is uncommon French at frequency #95,333 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \si.ka.sɔ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville et commune malienne, capitale de la région de Sikasso.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sikasso, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Sikasso, spelled S-I-K-A-S-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville et commune malienne, capitale de la région de Sikasso.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On a des passages feuilletés, en particulier vers l'Est, où la puissance des grès de Sikasso décroît et ne laisse plus, entre Banfora et Bobo-Dioulasso, que des lits de grès subschisteux et des niveaux de grès en plaquettes, qui indiquent leur position entre les grès de base et les grès de Sotuba.

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 "Sikasso"?
"Sikasso" is spelled S-I-K-A-S-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ka.sɔ\.
What does "Sikasso" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sikasso" means: Ville et commune malienne, capitale de la région de Sikasso.
How do you pronounce "Sikasso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sikasso" is \si.ka.sɔ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sikasso" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sikasso", 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