Bakou
\ba.ku\
The verdict
“Bakou” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #36,717 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #36,717
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capitale de l’Azerbaïdjan.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bakou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ba.ku\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #36,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bakou” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Bakou is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.ku\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,717 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bakou, with forms such as "abkou", "bakkou", and "bakuo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "bou", "boko", "brou", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Bakou, spelled B-A-K-O-U.
Definition
- 1Capitale de l’Azerbaïdjan.
- 2Gouvernement de ce pays.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abkou,bakkou,bakuo,baoku,bbakou,bkaou
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bakou - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Bakou”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-K-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.ku\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bou” - see the side-by-side comparison. Bakou vs bou
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.