# Kabul

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɑːbəl/ · frequency rank #17,167

## Definitions
1. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
2. A province of Afghanistan.
3. A river rising in the Hindu Kush of northeastern Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan and flowing roughly 700 kilometers before merging into the Indus river at Attock, Pakistan.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کَابُل (kābul), of unknown origin. See the Persian entry for more.

## Easily confused with
- **Karl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kabul-vs-karl)
- **Kamal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kabul-vs-kamal)
- **Karel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kabul-vs-karel)
- **Kazuo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kabul-vs-kazuo)
- **Kabir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kabir-vs-kabul)
- **kabuki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kabuki-vs-kabul)

## Common misspellings (7)
`akbul`, `kabbul`, `kablu`, `kabull`, `kaubl`, `kbaul`, `kkabul`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kabul