kazan

[kɑˈʐɑn]

/[kɑˈʐɑn]/ noun

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The verdict

“kazan” is uncommon German (frequency #79,372 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,372
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kessel

Corpus desk

Index DE-kazan · kazan · German

kazan · rank #79,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,372
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Keile

Nearest frequency peer: Keile (+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 „kazan“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kazan
PropertyValue
Headwordkazan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɑˈʐɑn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#79,372
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kazan“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kazanfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Keile“ (#79,373), „Kaufhauses“ (#79,370), „Katzenjammer“ (#79,369). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kazan“ bei #79,372. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kazan is uncommon German at frequency #79,372 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɑˈʐɑn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kessel".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kazan, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is kazan, spelled K-A-Z-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kessel

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. cadı kazanı - Hexenkessel

This word in other languages

cauldron(English)

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 "kazan"?
"kazan" is spelled K-A-Z-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kɑˈʐɑn].
What does "kazan" mean?
As a noun, "kazan" means: Kessel
How do you pronounce "kazan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kazan" is [kɑˈʐɑn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kazan" come from?
"kazan" 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 "kazan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Keile#79,373Kahla#79,357Joche#79,351Jahns#79,344

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list