Badakhchan
\ba.dak.ʃɑ̃n\
The verdict
“Badakhchan” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Province d'Afghanistan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-badakhchan · Badakhchan · French
Badakhchan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Badakhchan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ba.dak.ʃɑ̃n\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Badakhchan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Badakhchan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ba.dak.ʃɑ̃n\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Province d'Afghanistan.".
Badakhchan has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Badakhchan, spelled B-A-D-A-K-H-C-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Province d'Afghanistan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Badakhchan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après la province de Mazar, après le Kataghan, après le Badakchan, au bout de la terre afghane, il y avait le Qual En Panja, le couloir du mystère, si haut, si haut qu’il touchait au Toit du Monde…
Un commandant de ce groupe aurait également été nommé responsable de la sécurité dans cinq districts de la province du Badakhchan, dans le nord de l’Afghanistan et limitrophe avec le Tadjikistan.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.