Datong
"datong" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Datong” is uncommon English (frequency #87,188 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,188
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
Corpus desk
Index EN-datong · Datong · English
Datong · rank #87,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,188
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dati
Nearest frequency peer: dati (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Datong”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dard
Dard
12,816 corpus weight
- dati
dati
12,815 corpus weight
- Datong
Datong
12,813 corpus weight
- deathcore
deathcore
12,810 corpus weight
- deathtrap
deathtrap
12,809 corpus weight
- decarboxyla…
decarboxylase
12,807 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Datong” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Datong |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Datong” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Datong is uncommon English at frequency #87,188 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Datong doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大同 (Dàtóng). The correct English form is Datong, spelled D-A-T-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
- 2A Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining, Qinghai, China.
- 3A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
- 4A mountain indigenous township in Yilan County, Taiwan.
- 5Synonym of Taedong (North Korea): the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Datong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mr. Xi began proclaiming his dream since taking power five years ago, though he focused much of his early efforts on battling corruption. In Shanxi, the province that includes Datong, investigators have arrested so many corrupt cadres that the national government has declared the region to be in a state of “implosive corruption.”
Heavy and sudden downpours in Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, population 403,368, of Qinghai province started late Wednesday, causing flooding on the mountains and triggered landslides, according to China's state broadcaster CCTV.
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大同 (Dàtóng).
This word in other languages
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.
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