Bogdan
The verdict
“Bogdan” is uncommon French (frequency #55,094 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,094
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bogdan · Bogdan · French
Bogdan · rank #55,094 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,094
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH blousons
Nearest frequency peer: blousons (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Bogdan »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Biskra
Biskra
44,910 corpus weight
- blousons
blousons
44,908 corpus weight
- Bogdan
Bogdan
44,907 corpus weight
- Bollaert
Bollaert
44,906 corpus weight
- bombers
bombers
44,905 corpus weight
- bonbonnes
bonbonnes
44,904 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bogdan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bogdan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bogdan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bogdan is uncommon French at frequency #55,094 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bogdan in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Bogdan, spelled B-O-G-D-A-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bogdan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette fois, elle n’a eu besoin que d’une heure et trois minutes de jeu pour s’adjuger cette demi-finale et rejoindre la Roumaine Ana Bogdan sur la dernière marche.
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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