Khorassan
The verdict
“Khorassan” is uncommon French (frequency #83,084 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,084
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Région située dans le nord-est de l'Iran.
Corpus desk
Index FR-khorassan · Khorassan · French
Khorassan · rank #83,084 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,084
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Kiera
Nearest frequency peer: Kiera (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Khorassan »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Kahnawake
Kahnawake
16,922 corpus weight
- Kanal
Kanal
16,921 corpus weight
- Katell
Katell
16,920 corpus weight
- Khorassan
Khorassan
16,917 corpus weight
- Kiera
Kiera
16,916 corpus weight
- Kirche
Kirche
16,914 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Khorassan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Khorassan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,084 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Khorassan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Khorassan is uncommon French at frequency #83,084 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Région située dans le nord-est de l'Iran.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Khorassan, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Khorassan, spelled K-H-O-R-A-S-S-A-N.
Definition
- 1Région située dans le nord-est de l'Iran.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Khorassan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Par Dieu, comment ai-je pu ne pas reconnaître Omar, fils d’Ibrahim Khayyam de Nichapour ? Omar, l’étoile du Khorassan, le génie de la Perse et des deux Iraks, le prince des philosophes !
This word in other languages
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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