Ch'ao-hsien
"ch-ao-hsien" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ch'ao-hsien” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Chaoxian.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ch-ao-hsien · Ch'ao-hsien · English
Ch'ao-hsien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ch'ao-hsien |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ch'ao-hsien” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ch'ao-hsien is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Chaoxian.".
Ch'ao-hsien has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mandarin 朝鮮 /朝鲜 Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻao-hsien. The correct English form is Ch'ao-hsien, spelled C-H-'-A-O---H-S-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Chaoxian.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ch'ao-hsien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The period of the Lo-lang Province and the Three Hans, which followed the Ancient Ch’ao-hsien Kingdoms, goes back some 2,000 years. To be exact, it was in 108 B.C. that Wu-ti, the famous Emperor of Han, defeated Wei You-ch’ü, a grandson of Wei Man, captured the Korean Peninsula and governed it by dividing it into four provinces.
According to an ancient legend, immediately after the fall of the Shang-Yin Dynasty in 1122 b.c., one of its members, Prince Ch’i Tz’ǔ, fled to the east and afterwards founded there the new state of Ch’ao-hsien (Choson—Korea).
Etymology
From Mandarin 朝鮮 /朝鲜 Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻao-hsien.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.