khan

\kɑ̃\

/\kɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“khan” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,731
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prince commandant chez les Mongols (autrefois appelés Tartares), les chefs d’État de Perse d’origine mongole, etc. Qagan (qaganus en latin) pour l’empereur déjà chez les Huns vers 450.

Corpus desk

Index FR-khan · khan · French

khan · rank #10,731 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,731
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH joueuse

Nearest frequency peer: joueuse (-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 « khan »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « khan » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

khan vs kia
50% similar
khan vs kun
50% similar
khan vs kin
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for khan
PropertyValue
Headwordkhan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,731
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « khan »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).khanse 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 « joueuse » (#10,730), « italiennes » (#10,729), « last » (#10,733). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « khan » est au #10,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around khan (IPA \kɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,731 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prince commandant chez les Mongols (autrefois appelés Tartares), les chefs d’État de Perse d’origine mongole, etc. Qagan (qaganus en latin) pour l’empereur déjà chez les Huns vers 450.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for khan, with forms such as "hkan", "khann", and "khhan". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kia", "kun", "kin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is khan, spelled K-H-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prince commandant chez les Mongols (autrefois appelés Tartares), les chefs d’État de Perse d’origine mongole, etc. Qagan (qaganus en latin) pour l’empereur déjà chez les Huns vers 450.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ainsi, les institutions d’inspiration gengiskhanide mutèrent-elles pour répondre à des circonstances que les prédécesseurs de Möngke-Temur n’auraient pu imaginer. La flexibilité propre à ce modèle y fut rarement aussi évidente. Sous son régime, le khan parvint à équilibrer les pouvoirs de ses rivaux au sein de l’empire, à imposer la loi et l’ordre mongols…
  2. Mais, d’une génération à l’autre, les khans turcs avaient acquis les fâcheuses manies des monarques persans. Ils se considéraient comme des demi-dieux, s’entourant d’un cérémonial de plus en plus complexe, incompréhensible et même humiliant pour leurs officiers.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hkan
  • khann
  • khhan
  • khna
  • kkhan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of khan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hkan2khann1khhan1khna2kkhan1
Edit distance from "khan"

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 "khan"?
"khan" is spelled K-H-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃\.
What does "khan" mean?
As a noun, "khan" means: Prince commandant chez les Mongols (autrefois appelés Tartares), les chefs d’État de Perse d’origine mongole, etc. Qagan (qaganus en latin) pour l’empereur déjà chez les Huns vers 450.
What words are commonly confused with "khan"?
"khan" is commonly confused with "kia", "kun", "kin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "khan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "khan" is \kɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "khan" come from?
"khan" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list