# Kazakh

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəˈzak/ · frequency rank #30,471

## Definitions
1. A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.
2. The national language of Kazakhstan.

## Etymology
From Russian каза́х (kazáx), from Kazakh қазақ (qazaq). Cognate with Cossack, ultimately from Turkic languages.

## Easily confused with
- **kazan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kazakh-vs-kazan)
- **kayak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kayak-vs-kazakh)

## Common misspellings (9)
`akzakh`, `kaazkh`, `kazahk`, `kazakhh`, `kazakkh`, `kazkah`, `kazzakh`, `kkazakh`, `kzaakh`

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