Darjeeling

/dɑ(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒiːlɪŋ/

//dɑ(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒiːlɪŋ// name

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"darjeeling" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Darjeeling” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,562
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town and municipality in northern West Bengal, India.

Corpus desk

Index EN-darjeeling · Darjeeling · English

Darjeeling · rank #47,562 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,562
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH Deccan

Nearest frequency peer: Deccan (+2 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 “Darjeeling”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Darjeeling” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Darjeeling
PropertyValue
HeadwordDarjeeling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/dɑ(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒiːlɪŋ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,562
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Darjeeling”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Darjeelinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Deccan” (#47,564), “dabbing” (#47,559), “decriminalization” (#47,565). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “Darjeeling” is #47,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Darjeeling (IPA /dɑ(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒiːlɪŋ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,562 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Darjeeling, with forms such as "adrjeeling", "dajreeling", and "darejeling". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Nepali दार्जिलिङ (dārjiliṅ), from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ་གླིང (rdo rje gling), itself a compound of Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje, “vajra”) and གླིང (gling, “land”). The correct English form is Darjeeling, spelled D-A-R-J-E-E-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    A town and municipality in northern West Bengal, India.
  2. 2
    A district of West Bengal, India.

Etymology

Borrowed from Nepali दार्जिलिङ (dārjiliṅ), from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ་གླིང (rdo rje gling), itself a compound of Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje, “vajra”) and གླིང (gling, “land”).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adrjeeling
  • dajreeling
  • darejeling
  • darjeeilng
  • darjeelign
  • darjeelingg
  • darjeelinng
  • darjeelling
  • darjeelnig
  • darjeleing
  • darjeling
  • darjjeeling
  • darrjeeling
  • ddarjeeling
  • drajeeling

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Darjeeling - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

adrjeeling2dajreeling2darejeling2darjeeilng2darjeelign2darjeelingg1darjeelinng1darjeelling1
Edit distance from "Darjeeling"

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 "Darjeeling"?
"Darjeeling" is spelled D-A-R-J-E-E-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /dɑ(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒiːlɪŋ/.
What does "Darjeeling" mean?
As a proper noun, "Darjeeling" means: A town and municipality in northern West Bengal, India.
What are common misspellings of "Darjeeling"?
Common misspellings include "adrjeeling", "dajreeling", "darejeling", "darjeeilng", "darjeelign". The correct spelling is "Darjeeling".
How do you pronounce "Darjeeling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Darjeeling" is /dɑ(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒiːlɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Darjeeling"?
Borrowed from Nepali दार्जिलिङ (dārjiliṅ), from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ་གླིང (rdo rje gling), itself a compound of Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje, “vajra”) and གླིང (gling, “land”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Darjeeling", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list