Yamoussoukro
\ja.mu.su.kʁo\
The verdict
“Yamoussoukro” is uncommon French (frequency #66,431 among 198 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,431
- frequency rank, French
- 198
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et capitale de la Côte d’Ivoire (depuis 1983).
Corpus desk
Index FR-yamoussoukro · Yamoussoukro · French
Yamoussoukro · rank #66,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,431
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 198
- PHOTO-FINISH Worley
Nearest frequency peer: Worley (-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 « Yamoussoukro »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Wirth
Wirth
33,573 corpus weight
- Worley
Worley
33,571 corpus weight
- Yamoussoukro
Yamoussoukro
33,570 corpus weight
- Yasmin
Yasmin
33,569 corpus weight
- yeti
yeti
33,568 corpus weight
- Yopougon
Yopougon
33,567 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Yamoussoukro » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yamoussoukro |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ja.mu.su.kʁo\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #66,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Yamoussoukro » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Yamoussoukro is uncommon French at frequency #66,431 among 198 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ja.mu.su.kʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Yamoussoukro, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Yamoussoukro, spelled Y-A-M-O-U-S-S-O-U-K-R-O.
Definition
- 1Ville et capitale de la Côte d’Ivoire (depuis 1983).
- 2Gouvernement ivoirien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Yamoussoukro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur la nationale 1, le voyage vers Yamoussoukro prenait plusieurs heures, s’éternisait parfois : le président ne manquait jamais de s’arrêter dans les villages qu’il traversait pour saluer les habitants.
Alassane Ouattara doit s’exprimer ce jeudi 5 mars à Yamoussoukro devant les deux chambres du Parlement réunies en Congrès.
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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