Ufa
\ˈu.fɑ\
The verdict
“Ufa” is uncommon French (frequency #77,117 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,117
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oufa (ville de Russie).
Corpus desk
Index FR-ufa · Ufa · French
Ufa · rank #77,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,117
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH tétée
Nearest frequency peer: tétée (-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 « Ufa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- télépathe
télépathe
22,887 corpus weight
- téléporté
téléporté
22,886 corpus weight
- tétée
tétée
22,885 corpus weight
- Ufa
Ufa
22,884 corpus weight
- ultrason
ultrason
22,883 corpus weight
- Ungava
Ungava
22,882 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ufa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ufa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈu.fɑ\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #77,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ufa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ufa is uncommon French at frequency #77,117 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈu.fɑ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oufa (ville de Russie).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ufa, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Ufa, spelled U-F-A.
Definition
- 1Oufa (ville de Russie).
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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