Kandahar

[ˈkandahaːɐ̯]

/[ˈkandahaːɐ̯]/ name

The verdict

“Kandahar” is uncommon German (frequency #76,949 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,949
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit 460.000 Einwohnern drittgrößte Stadt Afghanistans, Hauptstadt der gleichnamigen Provinz

Corpus desk

Index DE-kandahar · Kandahar · German

Kandahar · rank #76,949 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,949
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kanalisiert

Nearest frequency peer: kanalisiert (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kandahar“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kandahar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kandahar
PropertyValue
HeadwordKandahar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈkandahaːɐ̯]
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,949
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kandahar“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kandaharfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kanalisiert“ (#76,948), „kappt“ (#76,950), „Kaminfeuer“ (#76,947). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kandahar“ bei #76,949. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kandahar is uncommon German at frequency #76,949 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkandahaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Kandahar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Kandahar, spelled K-A-N-D-A-H-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit 460.000 Einwohnern drittgrößte Stadt Afghanistans, Hauptstadt der gleichnamigen Provinz
  2. 2
    Provinz in Afghanistan mit mehr als 1.000.000 Einwohnern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Dabei war es ihm sogar möglich, Persien Kandahar zu entreißen und damit die Grenze des Mogulreiches an den Helmand-Fluss zu verlegen.“
  2. „Der Paschtune Ahmad Shah Durrani, der sich nach dem Tod Nadir Schahs in Kandahar zum Herrscher aufschwang, fiel zwischen 1747 und 1773 mehrfach in Indien ein, plünderte 1757 erneut Delhi und schlug 1761 ein vereintes Heer der Marathen.“

This word in other languages

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 "Kandahar"?
"Kandahar" is spelled K-A-N-D-A-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkandahaːɐ̯].
What does "Kandahar" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kandahar" means: mit 460.000 Einwohnern drittgrößte Stadt Afghanistans, Hauptstadt der gleichnamigen Provinz
How do you pronounce "Kandahar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kandahar" is [ˈkandahaːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kandahar" come from?
"Kandahar" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list