Kandahar
[kãn̪d̪aˈaɾ]
The verdict
“Kandahar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,046 among 3,662 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,046
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,662
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad de Afganistán, capital de la provincia homónima, a 1.036 metros de altitud, en un oasis en el margen occidental de los relives que dominan por el NW el desierto de Registan.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kandahar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kãn̪d̪aˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kandahar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kandahar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,046 among 3,662 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kãn̪d̪aˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciudad de Afganistán, capital de la provincia homónima, a 1.036 metros de altitud, en un oasis en el margen occidental de los relives que dominan por el NW el desierto de Registan.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kandahar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is Kandahar, spelled K-A-N-D-A-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de Afganistán, capital de la provincia homónima, a 1.036 metros de altitud, en un oasis en el margen occidental de los relives que dominan por el NW el desierto de Registan.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Kandahar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is K-A-N-D-A-H-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kãn̪d̪aˈaɾ] (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.