Khartoum

\kaʁ.tum\

/\kaʁ.tum\/ name

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The verdict

“Khartoum” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,154. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,154
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale du Soudan.

Corpus desk

Index FR-khartoum · Khartoum · French

Khartoum · rank #34,154 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,154
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kimi

Nearest frequency peer: kimi (+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 « Khartoum »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Khartoum » 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 Khartoum
PropertyValue
HeadwordKhartoum
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kaʁ.tum\
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,154
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Khartoum »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Khartoumse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « kimi » (#34,155), « Karin » (#34,152), « kaplan » (#34,151). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Khartoum » est au #34,154. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Khartoum (IPA \kaʁ.tum\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,154 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Khartoum, with forms such as "hkartoum", "kahrtoum", and "kharotum". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 Khartoum, spelled K-H-A-R-T-O-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capitale du Soudan.
  2. 2
    Le gouvernement soudanais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En partant de l’aérodrome de Gordon’s Tree, à Khartoum, on ne rencontrait plus la chasse italienne et les quelques volutes de fumée des canons anti-aériens que l’on apercevait à l’horizon ressemblaient aux derniers soupirs d’un vaincu.

This word in other languages

Khartoum(English)Jartum(Español)Khartum(Deutsch)Cartum(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hkartoum
  • kahrtoum
  • kharotum
  • kharrtoum
  • khartomu
  • khartoumm
  • kharttoum
  • khartuom
  • khatroum
  • khhartoum
  • khratoum
  • kkhartoum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Khartoum - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hkartoum2kahrtoum2kharotum2kharrtoum1khartomu2khartoumm1kharttoum1khartuom2
Edit distance from "Khartoum"

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 "Khartoum"?
"Khartoum" is spelled K-H-A-R-T-O-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.tum\.
What does "Khartoum" mean?
As a proper noun, "Khartoum" means: Capitale du Soudan.
What are common misspellings of "Khartoum"?
Common misspellings include "hkartoum", "kahrtoum", "kharotum", "kharrtoum", "khartomu". The correct spelling is "Khartoum".
How do you pronounce "Khartoum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Khartoum" is \kaʁ.tum\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Khartoum" come from?
"Khartoum" 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 "Khartoum", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jouvence#34,149infecter#34,134indûment#34,133indécise#34,131

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

hospices12 variantshaletant12 variantsgroupées12 variantsmortuaire12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list