Krasnodar

\kʁas.no.daʁ\

/\kʁas.no.daʁ\/ name

The verdict

“Krasnodar” is uncommon French (frequency #51,567 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,567
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville du sud de la Russie et capitale administrative du kraï de Krasnodar.

Corpus desk

Index FR-krasnodar · Krasnodar · French

Krasnodar · rank #51,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,567
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kongo

Nearest frequency peer: Kongo (-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 « Krasnodar »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Krasnodar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Krasnodar
PropertyValue
HeadwordKrasnodar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kʁas.no.daʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,567
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Krasnodar » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Krasnodartombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Kongo » (#51,566), « lacrymo » (#51,568), « klaxonne » (#51,565). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Krasnodar » est au #51,567. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Krasnodar is uncommon French at frequency #51,567 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kʁas.no.daʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Krasnodar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Krasnodar, spelled K-R-A-S-N-O-D-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville du sud de la Russie et capitale administrative du kraï de Krasnodar.
  2. 2
    Subdivision régionale de la Russie, située dans le district fédéral du Sud.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le visage fatigué, ces Français du salon agricole de Krasnodar ne cachent toutefois pas certaines frustrations.
  2. Ces professionnels, dirigés par d’anciens officiers d’active pour la plupart, auraient été entraînés sur la base de Molkino, un territoire militaire qui appartient au GRU, le renseignement militaire, et situé dans la région de Krasnodar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Krasnodar"?
"Krasnodar" is spelled K-R-A-S-N-O-D-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁas.no.daʁ\.
What does "Krasnodar" mean?
As a proper noun, "Krasnodar" means: Ville du sud de la Russie et capitale administrative du kraï de Krasnodar.
How do you pronounce "Krasnodar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Krasnodar" is \kʁas.no.daʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list