china clay
"china-clay" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“china clay” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of kaolin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | china clay |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “china clay” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
china clay is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of kaolin.".
china clay doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From its chief original use in Jingdezhen, China. The correct English form is china clay, spelled C-H-I-N-A- -C-L-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Synonym of kaolin.
Etymology
From its chief original use in Jingdezhen, China.
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.
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Using “china clay”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-I-N-A- -C-L-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.