Zimbabwe
\zim.ba.bwe\
The verdict
“Zimbabwe” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #18,373 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #18,373
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pays situé dans le sud de l’Afrique, entouré par l’Afrique du Sud, le Botswana, la Zambie et le Mozambique. Sa capitale est Harare.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zimbabwe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \zim.ba.bwe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zimbabwe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Zimbabwe is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \zim.ba.bwe\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,373 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zimbabwe, with forms such as "izmbabwe", "zibmabwe", and "zimabbwe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Zimbabwe, spelled Z-I-M-B-A-B-W-E.
Definition
- 1Pays situé dans le sud de l’Afrique, entouré par l’Afrique du Sud, le Botswana, la Zambie et le Mozambique. Sa capitale est Harare.
- 2Ancienne cité d’Afrique méridionale, située à une quinzaine de kilomètres au sud de la ville de Masvingo, dans le sud du Zimbabwe.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: izmbabwe,zibmabwe,zimabbwe,zimbabbwe,zimbabew,zimbabwwe,zimbawbe,zimbbabwe,zimbbawe,zimmbabwe,zmibabwe,zzimbabwe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zimbabwe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Zimbabwe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Z-I-M-B-A-B-W-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \zim.ba.bwe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.