Baku

[ˈbaːku]

/[ˈbaːku]/ name

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The verdict

“Baku” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,214. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,214
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Aserbaidschan

Corpus desk

Index DE-baku · Baku · German

Baku · rank #36,214 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,214
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bai

Nearest frequency peer: bai (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Baku“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Baku“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Baku vs bu
25% similar
Baku vs BK
25% similar
Baku vs Bau
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Baku
PropertyValue
HeadwordBaku
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈbaːku]
Letters4
Frequency rank#36,214
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Baku“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bakuliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bai“ (#36,213), „barbier“ (#36,215), „bahnt“ (#36,212). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Baku“ bei #36,214. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Baku (IPA [ˈbaːku]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,214 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hauptstadt von Aserbaidschan".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Baku, with forms such as "abku", "bakku", and "bauk". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bu", "BK", "Bau", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Baku, spelled B-A-K-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt von Aserbaidschan

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Baku appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mainz ist eine Partnerstadt Bakus.

This word in other languages

Baku(English)Bakú(Español)Bakou(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abku
  • bakku
  • bauk
  • bbaku
  • bkau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Baku - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abku2bakku1bauk2bbaku1bkau2
Edit distance from "Baku"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Baku"?
"Baku" is spelled B-A-K-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaːku].
What does "Baku" mean?
As a proper noun, "Baku" means: Hauptstadt von Aserbaidschan
What words are commonly confused with "Baku"?
"Baku" is commonly confused with "bu", "BK", "Bau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Baku"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Baku" is [ˈbaːku]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Baku" come from?
"Baku" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bias#36,224Butt#36,237Byte#36,238apex#36,183

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list