Fukuoka
/ˌfukuˈoʊkə/
"fukuoka" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Fukuoka” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,146
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fukuoka · Fukuoka · English
Fukuoka · rank #42,146 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,146
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fuchsia
Nearest frequency peer: fuchsia (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Fukuoka”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- frontrunner
frontrunner
57,860 corpus weight
- frowns
frowns
57,859 corpus weight
- fuchsia
fuchsia
57,856 corpus weight
- Fukuoka
Fukuoka
57,855 corpus weight
- Gant
Gant
57,853 corpus weight
- Geraldo
Geraldo
57,851 corpus weight
What this shows “Fukuoka” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fukuoka |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌfukuˈoʊkə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Fukuoka”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Fukuoka (IPA /ˌfukuˈoʊkə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,146 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fukuoka, with forms such as "ffukuoka", "fkuuoka", and "fukkuoka". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 福(ふく)岡(おか) (Fukuoka). The correct English form is Fukuoka, spelled F-U-K-U-O-K-A.
Definition
- 1The capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
- 2A prefecture in northern Kyushu, Japan.
- 3A surname from Japanese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 福(ふく)岡(おか) (Fukuoka).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffukuoka
- fkuuoka
- fukkuoka
- fukouka
- fukukoa
- fukuoak
- fukuokka
- fuukoka
- ufkuoka
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fukuoka - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fukuoka", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).