afghani
/æfˈɡɑːni/
"afghani" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“afghani” is an uncommon English word, ranked #53,986 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,986
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afghani |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /æfˈɡɑːni/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “afghani” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for afghani is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /æfˈɡɑːni/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,986 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.".
No misspelling variants are generated for afghani in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Classical Persian افغانی (afġānī), derivative of افغان (afġān). The correct English form is afghani, spelled A-F-G-H-A-N-I.
Definition
- 1The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian افغانی (afġānī), derivative of افغان (afġān).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “afghani”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-F-G-H-A-N-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /æfˈɡɑːni/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.