Harbin
"harbin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Harbin” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,965. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,965
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China.
Corpus desk
Index EN-harbin · Harbin · English
Harbin · rank #45,965 · 9 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,965
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH handcuff
Nearest frequency peer: handcuff (-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 “Harbin”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- gymnastic
gymnastic
54,041 corpus weight
- handcuff
handcuff
54,037 corpus weight
- Harbin
Harbin
54,036 corpus weight
- hardwired
hardwired
54,035 corpus weight
- harpsichord
harpsichord
54,033 corpus weight
- hashish
hashish
54,031 corpus weight
What this shows “Harbin” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Harbin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #45,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Harbin”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Harbin, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,965 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Harbin, with forms such as "ahrbin", "habrin", and "harbbin". 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 also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Hari", "Harris", "harbor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Manchu ᡥᠠᡵᠪᡳᠨ (harbin)- in the late 19th century, the area was a fishing village. The correct English form is Harbin, spelled H-A-R-B-I-N.
Definition
- 1A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Harbin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The headquarters of the Chinese-Eastern road is at Harbin, a town situated at about the centre of northern China, and there located for the purpose of administering the affairs of the railway.
Manchuria is crossed by the Chinese Eastern Railway (the Russian Trans-Siberian Railway), which enters the Hei-lung-chiang Province from the north-west and divides at Harbin (哈爾賓^([sic – meaning 哈爾濱])) in the Chi-lin Province, one branch going to Vladivostock (海参威) and the other to Dalny and Port Arthur.
Etymology
From Manchu ᡥᠠᡵᠪᡳᠨ (harbin)- in the late 19th century, the area was a fishing village.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahrbin
- habrin
- harbbin
- harbinn
- harbni
- haribn
- harrbin
- hharbin
- hrabin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Harbin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).