Xinjiang
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The verdict
“Xinjiang” is uncommon German (frequency #58,468 among 835 “X” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,468
- frequency rank, German
- 835
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - autonome Provinz im Westen der Volksrepublik China
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Xinjiang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,468 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Xinjiang” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Xinjiang is uncommon German at frequency #58,468 among 835 “X” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "autonome Provinz im Westen der Volksrepublik China".
Zero misspellings are on record for Xinjiang in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Xinjiang, spelled X-I-N-J-I-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1autonome Provinz im Westen der Volksrepublik China
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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 “Xinjiang”
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- The one correct German spelling is X-I-N-J-I-A-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.