Kandahar

/\kan.da.aʁ\/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,845

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Kandahar is aFrenchname. It means: Ville du sud de l’Afghanistan, capitale du pays sous le régime des talibans (1996-2001). Pronounced \kan.da.aʁ\.

Key facts for Kandahar
PropertyValue
HeadwordKandahar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\kan.da.aʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,845
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kandahar in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Kandahar is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kan.da.aʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,845 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kandahar, with forms such as "akndahar", "kadnahar", and "kanadhar". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Kandahar, spelled K-A-N-D-A-H-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville du sud de l’Afghanistan, capitale du pays sous le régime des talibans (1996-2001).
  2. 2
    Province autour de cette ville.
  3. 3
    Compétition de ski alpin organisée par le Kandahar Ski Club, ainsi nommé en raison du patronage du baron Roberts of Kandahar.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: akndahar,kadnahar,kanadhar,kandaahr,kandaharr,kandahhar,kandahra,kanddahar,kandhaar,kanndahar,kkandahar,knadahar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kandahar

Misspelling Variants of "Kandahar"

akndahar8kadnahar8kanadhar8kandaahr8kandaharr9kandahhar9kandahra8kanddahar9
Misspelling Variants of "Kandahar"

Frequency rank: #46,845 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kandahar"?
"Kandahar" is spelled K-A-N-D-A-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kan.da.aʁ\.
What does "Kandahar" mean?
As a name, "Kandahar" means: Ville du sud de l’Afghanistan, capitale du pays sous le régime des talibans (1996-2001).
What are common misspellings of "Kandahar"?
Common misspellings include "akndahar", "kadnahar", "kanadhar", "kandaahr", "kandaharr". The correct spelling is "Kandahar".
How do you pronounce "Kandahar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kandahar" is \kan.da.aʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kandahar" come from?
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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.