Kuban
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The verdict
“Kuban” is uncommon German (frequency #89,178 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,178
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dem Elbrus entspringender und ins Asowsche Meer mündender, rund 870 Kilometer langer Fluss im nördlichen Kaukasus, Russland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kuban |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kuban” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kuban is uncommon German at frequency #89,178 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dem Elbrus entspringender und ins Asowsche Meer mündender, rund 870 Kilometer langer Fluss im nördlichen Kaukasus, Russland".
Kuban has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kuban, spelled K-U-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1dem Elbrus entspringender und ins Asowsche Meer mündender, rund 870 Kilometer langer Fluss im nördlichen Kaukasus, Russland
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 “Kuban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-U-B-A-N - 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.