Dongfeng

name

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

The verdict

“Dongfeng” is uncommon English (frequency #75,812 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,812
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A county of Liaoyuan, Jilin, China.

Corpus desk

Index EN-dongfeng · Dongfeng · English

Dongfeng · rank #75,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,812
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dodgson

Nearest frequency peer: Dodgson (-1 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 “Dongfeng”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dongfeng” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dongfeng
PropertyValue
HeadwordDongfeng
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Dongfeng” in English

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Dodgson” (#75,811), “dopant” (#75,813), “doucet” (#75,814). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “Dongfeng” is #75,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dongfeng is uncommon English at frequency #75,812 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

doughboy#75,815dropdown#75,819Drusilla#75,820Duisburg#75,823

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list