Yaoundé

\ja.un.de\

/\ja.un.de\/ name

The verdict

“Yaoundé” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,319. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,319
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale du Cameroun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yaounde · Yaoundé · French

Yaoundé · rank #20,319 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,319
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yale

Nearest frequency peer: Yale (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Yaoundé »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Yaoundé » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yaoundé
PropertyValue
HeadwordYaoundé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ja.un.de\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,319
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Yaoundé »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Yaoundése place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Yale » (#20,318), « zodiaque » (#20,320), « Wolfgang » (#20,317). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « Yaoundé » est au #20,319. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Yaoundé (IPA \ja.un.de\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,319 among 198 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Capitale du Cameroun.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yaoundé, with forms such as "ayoundé", "yaonudé", and "yaoudné". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Yaoundé, spelled Y-A-O-U-N-D-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capitale du Cameroun.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ayoundé
  • yaonudé
  • yaoudné
  • yaounddé
  • yaounde
  • yaounndé
  • yaounéd
  • yauondé
  • yoaundé
  • yyaoundé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yaoundé - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ayoundé2yaonudé2yaoudné2yaounddé1yaounde1yaounndé1yaounéd2yauondé2
Edit distance from "Yaoundé"

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 "Yaoundé"?
"Yaoundé" is spelled Y-A-O-U-N-D-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ja.un.de\.
What does "Yaoundé" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yaoundé" means: Capitale du Cameroun.
What are common misspellings of "Yaoundé"?
Common misspellings include "ayoundé", "yaonudé", "yaoudné", "yaounddé", "yaounde". The correct spelling is "Yaoundé".
How do you pronounce "Yaoundé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yaoundé" is \ja.un.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yaoundé" come from?
"Yaoundé" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list