afghanes

\af.ɡan\

/\af.ɡan\/ adj

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The verdict

“afghanes” is uncommon French (frequency #54,381 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,381
frequency rank, French
424,905
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de afghan.

Key facts for afghanes
PropertyValue
Headwordafghanes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\af.ɡan\
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “afghanes” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). afghanes lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

afghanes is uncommon French at frequency #54,381 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \af.ɡan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de afghan.".

afghanes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is afghanes, spelled A-F-G-H-A-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de 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 "afghanes"?
"afghanes" is spelled A-F-G-H-A-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \af.ɡan\.
What does "afghanes" mean?
As an adjective, "afghanes" means: Féminin pluriel de afghan.
How do you pronounce "afghanes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afghanes" is \af.ɡan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afghanes" come from?
"afghanes" 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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Using “afghanes”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-F-G-H-A-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \af.ɡan\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list