Nur-Sultan
\nuʁ sul.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“Nur-Sultan” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom (de 2019 à 2022) de la capitale du Kazakhstan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nur-sultan · Nur-Sultan · French
Nur-Sultan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | Nur-Sultan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \nuʁ sul.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Nur-Sultan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \nuʁ sul.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom (de 2019 à 2022) de la capitale du Kazakhstan.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Nur-Sultan, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Nur-Sultan, spelled N-U-R---S-U-L-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom (de 2019 à 2022) de la capitale du Kazakhstan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nur-Sultan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans un effort pour juguler la crise, le président Tokaïev a limogé le gouvernement et décrété l’état d’urgence dans plusieurs régions, dont Almaty et la capitale, Nur-Sultan, récemment rebaptisée ainsi en l’honneur de M. Nazarbaïev.
Synonyms
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.