Chiyoda

name

"chiyoda" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Chiyoda” is uncommon English (frequency #92,453 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,453
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Bunkyō, Taitō, Chūō, Minato, and Shinjuku special wards, and also the location of national-level government in...

Key facts for Chiyoda
PropertyValue
HeadwordChiyoda
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#92,453
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Chiyoda” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Chiyoda lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chiyoda is uncommon English at frequency #92,453 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Chiyoda doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 千(ち)代(よ)田(だ) (Chiyoda). The correct English form is Chiyoda, spelled C-H-I-Y-O-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Bunkyō, Taitō, Chūō, Minato, and Shinjuku special wards, and also the location of national-level government institutions.
  2. 2
    A town in Gunma Prefecture.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 千(ち)代(よ)田(だ) (Chiyoda).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chiyoda"?
"Chiyoda" is spelled C-H-I-Y-O-D-A.
What does "Chiyoda" mean?
As a proper noun, "Chiyoda" means: A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Bunkyō, Taitō, Chūō, Minato, and Shinjuku special wards, and also the location of national-level government in...
What is the origin of the word "Chiyoda"?
Borrowed from Japanese 千(ち)代(よ)田(だ) (Chiyoda). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Chiyoda”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-H-I-Y-O-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list