khan
\kɑ̃\
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
- investit
investit
89,274 corpus weight
- ironique
ironique
89,273 corpus weight
- italiennes
italiennes
89,272 corpus weight
- joueuse
joueuse
89,271 corpus weight
- khan
khan
89,270 corpus weight
- last
last
89,268 corpus weight
What this shows « khan » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | khan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « khan »
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
- 1Prince 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 examplesThese source excerpts show how khan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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…
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.
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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