Douchanbé
\du.ʃan.be\
The verdict
“Douchanbé” 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et capitale du Tadjikistan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-douchanbe · Douchanbé · French
Douchanbé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Douchanbé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \du.ʃan.be\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Douchanbé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Douchanbé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \du.ʃan.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Douchanbé doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Douchanbé, spelled D-O-U-C-H-A-N-B-É.
Definition
- 1Ville et capitale du Tadjikistan.
- 2Gouvernement du Tadjikistan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Douchanbé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour autant, comme le décrit Eurasianet, Douchanbé est dans une posture délicate envers Kaboul. Le Tadjikistan exporte pour près de 45 millions de dollars d’électricité chaque année à l’Afghanistan, mais Kaboul est en déficit chronique de paiement.
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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.