# Changi

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtʃæŋ.i/ · frequency rank #45,262

## Definitions
1. A planning area located in the East Region of Singapore.
2. The main international airport of Singapore.

## Etymology
Uncertain. Several origins have been suggested:
* From Malay cengal (“Neobalanocarpus heimii, a kind of hardwood tree in the dipterocarp family”).
* From Malay cengal pasir or cengal mata kucing (“Hopea sangal, a tree in the dipterocarp family”).
* From the Malay name for a kind of spreading shrub found in the region (Thottea corymbosa).
Richard James Wilkinson records chěngai (cengai in modern orthography) as an alternative name for the cengal trees in A Malay–English Dictionary, originally published in 1901. In Singapore, chengai refers to the Neobalanocarpus heimii.

## Easily confused with
- **chant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changi-vs-chant)
- **Chung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changi-vs-chung)
- **Cheng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changi-vs-cheng)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changi-vs-ching)
- **Chong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changi-vs-chong)
- **clang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changi-vs-clang)
- **charge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changi-vs-charge)
- **Chiang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changi-vs-chiang)
- **Charli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changi-vs-charli)
- **changing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changi-vs-changing)
- **chan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chan-vs-changi)
- **chai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chai-vs-changi)
- **chang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chang-vs-changi)
- **Chand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chand-vs-changi)
- **change** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/change-vs-changi)
- **chance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chance-vs-changi)
- **Chanel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-changi)
- **Chaney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-changi)
- **changes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changes-vs-changi)
- **changed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changed-vs-changi)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cahngi`, `cchangi`, `chagni`, `changgi`, `chanig`, `channgi`, `chhangi`, `chnagi`, `hcangi`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/changi