# kazan

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #32,882

## Definitions
1. a cauldron or cooking pot used in Central Asian cuisine

## Etymology
Borrowed from Russian каза́н (kazán), from a Turkic language. Cognate with Azerbaijani qazan, Kazakh қазан (qazan), Turkish kazan, Uzbek qozon.

## Easily confused with
- **khan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kazan-vs-khan)
- **Klan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kazan-vs-klan)
- **kwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kazan-vs-kwan)
- **Kuan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kazan-vs-kuan)
- **Koran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kazan-vs-koran)
- **Kiran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kazan-vs-kiran)
- **Kazuo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kazan-vs-kazuo)
- **kan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kan-vs-kazan)
- **kara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kara-vs-kazan)
- **Kahn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kazan)
- **kaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kaya-vs-kazan)
- **kana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kana-vs-kazan)
- **Kala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kala-vs-kazan)
- **kata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kata-vs-kazan)
- **kama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kama-vs-kazan)
- **kaka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kaka-vs-kazan)
- **kain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kain-vs-kazan)
- **Karen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karen-vs-kazan)
- **kayak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kayak-vs-kazan)
- **Karan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karan-vs-kazan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`akzan`, `kaazn`, `kazann`, `kazna`, `kazzan`, `kkazan`, `kzaan`

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