Dongfeng

name

"dongfeng" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Dongfeng” is an uncommon English word, ranked #75,812 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#75,812
frequency rank, English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A county of Liaoyuan, Jilin, China.

Key facts for Dongfeng
PropertyValue
HeadwordDongfeng
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Dongfeng” 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). Dongfeng lands here:

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for Dongfeng is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #75,812 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A county of Liaoyuan, Jilin, China.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dongfeng, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東豐 /东丰. The correct English form is Dongfeng, spelled D-O-N-G-F-E-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    A county of Liaoyuan, Jilin, China.

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東豐 /东丰.

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 "Dongfeng"?
"Dongfeng" is spelled D-O-N-G-F-E-N-G.
What does "Dongfeng" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dongfeng" means: A county of Liaoyuan, Jilin, China.
What is the origin of the word "Dongfeng"?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東豐 /东丰. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Dongfeng”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is D-O-N-G-F-E-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list