Bangladesh
\bɑ̃.ɡla.dɛʃ\
The verdict
“Bangladesh” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #13,517 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #13,517
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pays d’Asie du sud, situé au nord du golfe du Bengale, quasiment enclavé dans l’Inde avec une petite frontière commune avec le Myanmar, auparavant (1947–1971) connu sous la désignation de « Pakista...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bangladesh |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bɑ̃.ɡla.dɛʃ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bangladesh” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Bangladesh is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɑ̃.ɡla.dɛʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,517 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pays d’Asie du sud, situé au nord du golfe du Bengale, quasiment enclavé dans l’Inde avec une petite frontière commune avec le Myanmar, auparavant (1947–1971) connu sous la désignation de « Pakista...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bangladesh, with forms such as "abngladesh", "bagnladesh", and "bangaldesh". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Bangladesh, spelled B-A-N-G-L-A-D-E-S-H.
Definition
- 1Pays d’Asie du sud, situé au nord du golfe du Bengale, quasiment enclavé dans l’Inde avec une petite frontière commune avec le Myanmar, auparavant (1947–1971) connu sous la désignation de « Pakistan oriental ». Sa capitale est Dacca.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abngladesh,bagnladesh,bangaldesh,banggladesh,bangladdesh,bangladehs,bangladeshh,bangladessh,bangladseh,banglaedsh,bangldaesh,banglladesh,banlgadesh,banngladesh,bbangladesh,bnagladesh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bangladesh - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Bangladesh”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-N-G-L-A-D-E-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɑ̃.ɡla.dɛʃ\ (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
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.