Azad
[ɑːˈzɑːd]
The verdict
“Azad” is uncommon German (frequency #66,014 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,014
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kurdischer männlicher Vorname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Azad |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ɑːˈzɑːd] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Azad” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Azad is uncommon German at frequency #66,014 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɑːˈzɑːd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurdischer männlicher Vorname".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Azad, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Azad, spelled A-Z-A-D.
Definition
- 1kurdischer männlicher Vorname
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Azad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-Z-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.