Faisalabad
/fɑːɪsɑːlˌbɑːd/
"faisalabad" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Faisalabad” is uncommon English (frequency #70,651 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,651
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in Punjab, Pakistan.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Faisalabad |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /fɑːɪsɑːlˌbɑːd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Faisalabad” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Faisalabad is uncommon English at frequency #70,651 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /fɑːɪsɑːlˌbɑːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in Punjab, Pakistan.".
Faisalabad doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 Urdu فیصل آباد (faisal ābād), named after King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Romanized form Faisal + -abad. The correct English form is Faisalabad, spelled F-A-I-S-A-L-A-B-A-D.
Definition
- 1A city in Punjab, Pakistan.
Etymology
From Urdu فیصل آباد (faisal ābād), named after King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Romanized form Faisal + -abad.
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 “Faisalabad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-A-I-S-A-L-A-B-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fɑːɪsɑːlˌbɑːd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.