Ezo
"ezo" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ezo” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A former name for the Ainu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ezo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ezo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ezo is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Ezo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 蝦夷 (Ezo). The correct English form is Ezo, spelled E-Z-O.
Definition
- 1A former name for the Ainu.
- 2A former name for Hokkaido and neighboring islands.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 蝦夷 (Ezo).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Ezo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-Z-O - 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.