Datong
"datong" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Datong” is uncommon English (frequency #87,188 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,188
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
| 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) |
Where “Datong” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Datong is uncommon English at frequency #87,188 among 26,416 “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.
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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Using “Datong”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-A-T-O-N-G - 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.