Nanking
[ˈnaŋˌkɪŋ]
The verdict
“Nanking” is uncommon German (frequency #89,340 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,340
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Jiangsu
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nanking |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaŋˌkɪŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nanking” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nanking is uncommon German at frequency #89,340 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈnaŋˌkɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Jiangsu".
Nanking doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Nanking, spelled N-A-N-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Jiangsu
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Nanking”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-N-K-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.