Foshan
"foshan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Foshan” is uncommon English (frequency #77,686 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,686
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southeast China.
Corpus desk
Index EN-foshan · Foshan · English
Foshan · rank #77,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,686
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH forewing
Nearest frequency peer: forewing (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Foshan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- flub
flub
22,319 corpus weight
- flunk
flunk
22,318 corpus weight
- forewing
forewing
22,316 corpus weight
- Foshan
Foshan
22,315 corpus weight
- FUD
FUD
22,310 corpus weight
- fungible
fungible
22,309 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Foshan” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Foshan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Foshan” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Foshan is uncommon English at frequency #77,686 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southeast China.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Foshan, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mandarin 佛山 (Fóshān). The correct English form is Foshan, spelled F-O-S-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1A large prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southeast China.
Etymology
From Mandarin 佛山 (Fóshān).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Foshan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.