sandjak

\sɑ̃.dʒak\

/\sɑ̃.dʒak\/ noun

The verdict

“sandjak” is uncommon French (frequency #99,616 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,616
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - District ou arrondissement territorial, principale subdivision des provinces de l’Empire ottoman.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sandjak · sandjak · French

sandjak · rank #99,616 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,616
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sanef

Nearest frequency peer: sanef (+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 « sandjak »

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 « sandjak » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sandjak
PropertyValue
Headwordsandjak
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.dʒak\
Letters7
Frequency rank#99,616
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sandjak » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sandjaktombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sanef » (#99,617), « Sania » (#99,618), « sartine » (#99,619). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sandjak » est au #99,616. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sandjak is uncommon French at frequency #99,616 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.dʒak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "District ou arrondissement territorial, principale subdivision des provinces de l’Empire ottoman.".

No misspelling variants are generated for sandjak in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sandjak, spelled S-A-N-D-J-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    District ou arrondissement territorial, principale subdivision des provinces de l’Empire ottoman.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le chef-lieu, le gouverneur d’un sandjak.
  2. Le pachalyk de Kars […] D’après la division géographique actuelle, il fait partie de l’Arménie turque, et se compose de cinq sandjaks ou arrondissemens ^([sic]), ceux de Takht, de Hetchévan, de Kaghizman, de Schouraghel et de Zarischad. Son étendue est de 9,495 verstes carrées (environ 600 lieues carrées).

Synonyms

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 "sandjak"?
"sandjak" is spelled S-A-N-D-J-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.dʒak\.
What does "sandjak" mean?
As a noun, "sandjak" means: District ou arrondissement territorial, principale subdivision des provinces de l’Empire ottoman.
How do you pronounce "sandjak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sandjak" is \sɑ̃.dʒak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sandjak" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list