Bangkok
/bæŋˈkɒk/
"bangkok" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bangkok” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,014. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,014
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital city of Thailand.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bangkok · Bangkok · English
Bangkok · rank #9,014 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #9,014
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH atmospheric
Nearest frequency peer: atmospheric (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Bangkok”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- analyze
analyze
90,989 corpus weight
- atmospheric
atmospheric
90,988 corpus weight
- Bangkok
Bangkok
90,987 corpus weight
- batting
batting
90,986 corpus weight
- BB
BB
90,985 corpus weight
- bitches
bitches
90,984 corpus weight
What this shows “Bangkok” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bangkok |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /bæŋˈkɒk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Bangkok”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Bangkok (IPA /bæŋˈkɒk/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,014 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bangkok, with forms such as "abngkok", "bagnkok", and "banggkok". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Bangor", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk). The correct English form is Bangkok, spelled B-A-N-G-K-O-K.
Definition
- 1The capital city of Thailand.
- 2The government of Thailand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bangkok appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate governments.
Temperatures in Bangkok fell as low as 59.3 degrees Fahrenheit (15.2 degrees Celsius) on Monday, the lowest the capital has seen in years, as the country’s weather agency warned cool conditions could persist through mid-February.
Etymology
From Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abngkok
- bagnkok
- banggkok
- bangkko
- bangkkok
- bangkokk
- bangokk
- bankgok
- banngkok
- bbangkok
- bnagkok
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bangkok - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).