Ugine

\y.ʒin\

/\y.ʒin\/ name

The verdict

“Ugine” is uncommon French (frequency #87,227 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,227
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ugine · Ugine · French

Ugine · rank #87,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,227
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH témoigneront

Nearest frequency peer: témoigneront (-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 « Ugine »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ugine
PropertyValue
HeadwordUgine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\y.ʒin\
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,227
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Ugine » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Uginetombe 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: « témoigneront » (#87,226), « urbex » (#87,229), « trilobites » (#87,224). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « Ugine » est au #87,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ugine is uncommon French at frequency #87,227 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \y.ʒin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ugine, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Ugine, spelled U-G-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département de la Savoie.

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 "Ugine"?
"Ugine" is spelled U-G-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \y.ʒin\.
What does "Ugine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ugine" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie.
How do you pronounce "Ugine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ugine" is \y.ʒin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ugine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list