Stavanger

name

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The verdict

“Stavanger” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville portuaire située dans le Rogaland, dans le sud-ouest de la Norvège.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stavanger · Stavanger · French

Stavanger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Stavanger
PropertyValue
HeadwordStavanger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Stavanger” sits in French frequency

Stavanger falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stavanger is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville portuaire située dans le Rogaland, dans le sud-ouest de la Norvège.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Stavanger in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Stavanger, spelled S-T-A-V-A-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville portuaire située dans le Rogaland, dans le sud-ouest de la Norvège.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stavanger"?
"Stavanger" is spelled S-T-A-V-A-N-G-E-R.
What does "Stavanger" mean?
As a proper noun, "Stavanger" means: Ville portuaire située dans le Rogaland, dans le sud-ouest de la Norvège.
What language does "Stavanger" come from?
"Stavanger" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list