afghan

\af.ɡɑ̃\

/\af.ɡɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“afghan” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,440. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,440
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue indo-européenne du groupe iranien-oriental parlée par les Afghans.

Corpus desk

Index FR-afghan · afghan · French

afghan · rank #23,440 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,440
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affaiblie

Nearest frequency peer: affaiblie (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « afghan »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « afghan » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

afghan vs Auchan
50% similar
afghan vs Aignan
50% similar
afghan vs afghans
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for afghan
PropertyValue
Headwordafghan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\af.ɡɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,440
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « afghan »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).afghanse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « affaiblie » (#23,439), « admiré » (#23,438), « aidait » (#23,442). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « afghan » est au #23,440. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around afghan (IPA \af.ɡɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,440 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for afghan, with forms such as "affghan", "afgahn", and "afgghan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Auchan", "Aignan", "afghans", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is afghan, spelled A-F-G-H-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue indo-européenne du groupe iranien-oriental parlée par les Afghans.
  2. 2
    Marijuana provenant d’Afghanistan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how afghan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — Tiens, roule moi une cigarette de hasch, mon chéri, je l’ai dans mon sac, là ! Tiens, c’est du bon afghan.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affghan
  • afgahn
  • afgghan
  • afghann
  • afghhan
  • afghna
  • afhgan
  • agfhan
  • faghan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of afghan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

affghan1afgahn2afgghan1afghann1afghhan1afghna2afhgan2agfhan2
Edit distance from "afghan"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "afghan"?
"afghan" is spelled A-F-G-H-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \af.ɡɑ̃\.
What does "afghan" mean?
As a noun, "afghan" means: Langue indo-européenne du groupe iranien-oriental parlée par les Afghans.
What words are commonly confused with "afghan"?
"afghan" is commonly confused with "Auchan", "Aignan", "afghans". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "afghan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afghan" is \af.ɡɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afghan" come from?
"afghan" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "afghan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

admiré#23,438aidait#23,442willis#23,417Wenger#23,416

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

autocar9 variantsBeckett9 variantsvendez9 variantscassées9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list