Akihabara
"akihabara" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Akihabara” is uncommon English (frequency #76,520 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,520
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A neighborhood of Chiyoda, Tokyo prefecture, Japan, known primarily for its shopping and the mass availability of electronics, manga, anime, and other goods.
Corpus desk
Index EN-akihabara · Akihabara · English
Akihabara · rank #76,520 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,520
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alaina
Nearest frequency peer: Alaina (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Akihabara”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ahistorical
ahistorical
23,484 corpus weight
- Aiello
Aiello
23,483 corpus weight
- Akihabara
Akihabara
23,481 corpus weight
- Alaina
Alaina
23,480 corpus weight
- Alcide
Alcide
23,479 corpus weight
- alliterative
alliterative
23,478 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Akihabara” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Akihabara |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Akihabara” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Akihabara is uncommon English at frequency #76,520 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A neighborhood of Chiyoda, Tokyo prefecture, Japan, known primarily for its shopping and the mass availability of electronics, manga, anime, and other goods.".
Akihabara doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 秋(あき)葉(は)原(ばら) (Akihabara). The correct English form is Akihabara, spelled A-K-I-H-A-B-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1A neighborhood of Chiyoda, Tokyo prefecture, Japan, known primarily for its shopping and the mass availability of electronics, manga, anime, and other goods.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Akihabara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Akihabara means Field of Autumn Leaves, but the fields and leaves have all been replaced by electronics stores, and these days people call it Akiba or Electricity Town.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 秋(あき)葉(は)原(ばら) (Akihabara).
Synonyms
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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