Kobane
/ˌkəˈbɒni/
"kobane" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kobane” is uncommon English (frequency #95,046 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,046
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in Kurdistan of Syria.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kobane · Kobane · English
Kobane · rank #95,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,046
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH kodama
Nearest frequency peer: kodama (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kobane”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kirtan
kirtan
4,961 corpus weight
- kist
kist
4,959 corpus weight
- Kobane
Kobane
4,955 corpus weight
- kodama
kodama
4,954 corpus weight
- Kolar
Kolar
4,953 corpus weight
- Kothari
Kothari
4,952 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kobane” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kobane |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌkəˈbɒni/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kobane” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kobane is uncommon English at frequency #95,046 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌkəˈbɒni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in Kurdistan of Syria.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kobane in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Northern Kurdish Kobanê, Kobanî, from German Kompanie (“military company”), from French compagnie. Cognate with English company. The correct English form is Kobane, spelled K-O-B-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1A city in Kurdistan of Syria.
Etymology
From Northern Kurdish Kobanê, Kobanî, from German Kompanie (“military company”), from French compagnie. Cognate with English company.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.