Kaboul

\ka.bul\

/\ka.bul\/ name

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The verdict

“Kaboul” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,981
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
8
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-kaboul · Kaboul · French

Kaboul · rank #21,981 · 8 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,981
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH joyeuses

Nearest frequency peer: joyeuses (-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 « Kaboul »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Kaboul » 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
Key facts for Kaboul
PropertyValue
HeadwordKaboul
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.bul\
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,981
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Kaboul »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Kaboulse 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 « joyeuses » (#21,980), « jouissent » (#21,979), « kil » (#21,983). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kaboul » est au #21,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Kaboul (IPA \ka.bul\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,981 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Capitale de l’Afghanistan.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kaboul, with forms such as "akboul", "kabboul", and "kabolu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Kaboul, spelled K-A-B-O-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capitale de l’Afghanistan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Tu vois, mon maître, tu vois, s’écria-t-il, Jehol ne perdra pas la face à Kaboul – la grande ville, la Cité du Roi.
  2. C'est désormais au Pakistan, ou en Iran, que la fréquentation des sites de téléchargement de films X est le plus assidue. Qui sait quelles bombes mentales s'allument dans les nuits solitaires de Kaboul ou de Karachi ?

This word in other languages

Kabul(English)Kabul(Español)Kabul(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • akboul
  • kabboul
  • kabolu
  • kaboull
  • kabuol
  • kaobul
  • kbaoul
  • kkaboul

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kaboul - 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.

akboul2kabboul1kabolu2kaboull1kabuol2kaobul2kbaoul2kkaboul1
Edit distance from "Kaboul"

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 "Kaboul"?
"Kaboul" is spelled K-A-B-O-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.bul\.
What does "Kaboul" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kaboul" means: Capitale de l’Afghanistan.
What are common misspellings of "Kaboul"?
Common misspellings include "akboul", "kabboul", "kabolu", "kaboull", "kabuol". The correct spelling is "Kaboul".
How do you pronounce "Kaboul"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kaboul" is \ka.bul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kaboul" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list