Hanyang
"hanyang" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hanyang” is uncommon English (frequency #77,740 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,740
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hanyang · Hanyang · English
Hanyang · rank #77,740 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,740
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hapsburg
Nearest frequency peer: Hapsburg (+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 “Hanyang”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gyre
gyre
22,266 corpus weight
- H2H
H2H
22,265 corpus weight
- Haiyan
Haiyan
22,264 corpus weight
- Hanyang
Hanyang
22,261 corpus weight
- Hapsburg
Hapsburg
22,260 corpus weight
- Hardinge
Hardinge
22,258 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hanyang” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hanyang |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hanyang” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hanyang is uncommon English at frequency #77,740 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Hanyang in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mandarin 漢陽 /汉阳 (Hànyáng). The correct English form is Hanyang, spelled H-A-N-Y-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China.
- 2Synonym of Seoul.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hanyang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the Countrey of Huquang, near to the City of Hanyang, is a Tower called Xelenhoa, which far excels all other the like Structures, in Art and Coſtlineſs.
Not a hundred yards from where I sat were four field-guns—deadly four-inchers, the modem Krupp—sending shells into Hanyang as fast as the gunners were able to work. The booming shook the whole city, sending frightened children to their mothers, themselves at their wits’ ends with fear. Revolutionary batteries at Hanyang, not yet silenced or showing any si…
Etymology
From Mandarin 漢陽 /汉阳 (Hànyáng).
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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