Kobani
\ko.ba.ni\
The verdict
“Kobani” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de Kobané.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kobani · Kobani · French
Kobani · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kobani |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ko.ba.ni\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Kobani » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Kobani is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ko.ba.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de Kobané.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kobani in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Kobani, spelled K-O-B-A-N-I.
Definition
- 1Variante de Kobané.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kobani appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En France, la communauté kurde déplore l’indifférence de la communauté internationale face au sort des populations de Kobani qui résistent à l’État islamique.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.