Virunga
The verdict
“Virunga” is uncommon French (frequency #70,309 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,309
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom d’une chaîne volcanique en Afrique de l’Est, le long de la frontière nord du Rwanda, de la République démocratique du Congo et de l’Ouganda.
Corpus desk
Index FR-virunga · Virunga · French
Virunga · rank #70,309 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,309
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH videz
Nearest frequency peer: videz (-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 « Virunga »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vere
vere
29,695 corpus weight
- vicinaux
vicinaux
29,694 corpus weight
- videz
videz
29,693 corpus weight
- Virunga
Virunga
29,692 corpus weight
- vitrages
vitrages
29,691 corpus weight
- vosgienne
vosgienne
29,690 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Virunga » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Virunga |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Virunga » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Virunga is uncommon French at frequency #70,309 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom d’une chaîne volcanique en Afrique de l’Est, le long de la frontière nord du Rwanda, de la République démocratique du Congo et de l’Ouganda.".
Virunga doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Virunga, spelled V-I-R-U-N-G-A.
Definition
- 1Nom d’une chaîne volcanique en Afrique de l’Est, le long de la frontière nord du Rwanda, de la République démocratique du Congo et de l’Ouganda.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Virunga appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est sur les pentes du massif des Virunga, qui surplombe la vallée, côté ougandais, que nous commençons notre périple, à la recherche des derniers gorilles des montagnes.
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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