Ushuaïa
\u.ʃu.a.ja\
The verdict
“Ushuaïa” is uncommon French (frequency #78,028 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,028
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de la province argentine de Terre de Feu, Antarctique et Îles de l'Atlantique Sud.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ushuaia · Ushuaïa · French
Ushuaïa · rank #78,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,028
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH username
Nearest frequency peer: username (-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 « Ushuaïa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- unicellulai…
unicellulaires
21,976 corpus weight
- UNRWA
UNRWA
21,975 corpus weight
- username
username
21,974 corpus weight
- Ushuaïa
Ushuaïa
21,973 corpus weight
- uti
uti
21,972 corpus weight
- vachette
vachette
21,971 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ushuaïa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ushuaïa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \u.ʃu.a.ja\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ushuaïa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ushuaïa is uncommon French at frequency #78,028 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \u.ʃu.a.ja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capitale de la province argentine de Terre de Feu, Antarctique et Îles de l'Atlantique Sud.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ushuaïa, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Ushuaïa, spelled U-S-H-U-A-Ï-A.
Definition
- 1Capitale de la province argentine de Terre de Feu, Antarctique et Îles de l'Atlantique Sud.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ushuaïa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ushuaïa , capitale de la Terre de Feu argentine, sur le canal de Beagle, est la résidence du gouverneur argentin .
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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