Bakou

\ba.ku\

/\ba.ku\/ name

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The verdict

“Bakou” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,717
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de l’Azerbaïdjan.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bakou · Bakou · French

Bakou · rank #36,717 · 6 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,717
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Badinter

Nearest frequency peer: Badinter (-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 « Bakou »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Bakou » 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).

Bakou vs bou
40% similar
Bakou vs boko
40% similar
Bakou vs brou
40% similar

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

Key facts for Bakou
PropertyValue
HeadwordBakou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ba.ku\
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,717
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bakou »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Bakouse 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 « Badinter » (#36,716), « Baléares » (#36,718), « Açores » (#36,715). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bakou » est au #36,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Bakou (IPA \ba.ku\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,717 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Capitale de l’Azerbaïdjan.
  2. 2
    Gouvernement de ce pays.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On me délivre un billet de première classe, valable jusqu’à Bakou. Je descends sur le quai qui donne accès aux voitures.
  2. — Je vous donnerai un mot pour le consul de Perse à Bakou, il se chargera des formalités nécessaires et assurera même votre transport jusqu’à Enzéli.

This word in other languages

Baku(English)Bakú(Español)Baku(Deutsch)

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.

abkou2bakkou1bakuo2baoku2bbakou1bkaou2
Edit distance from "Bakou"

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 "Bakou"?
"Bakou" is spelled B-A-K-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ku\.
What does "Bakou" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bakou" means: Capitale de l’Azerbaïdjan.
What words are commonly confused with "Bakou"?
"Bakou" is commonly confused with "bou", "boko", "brou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bakou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bakou" is \ba.ku\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bakou" come from?
"Bakou" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bovin#36,734Brief#36,737catin#36,751zeste#36,665

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

bans6 variantsANSM6 variantsCNAM6 variantscoms6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list