# Harbin

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #45,965

## Definitions
1. A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China.

## Etymology
From Manchu ᡥᠠᡵᠪᡳᠨ (harbin)- in the late 19th century, the area was a fishing village.

## Easily confused with
- **Hari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-hari)
- **Harris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-harris)
- **harbor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-harbor)
- **heroin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-heroin)
- **herein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-herein)
- **harden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-harden)
- **Harmon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-harmon)
- **Harlan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-harlan)
- **Harman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-harman)
- **Hardin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-hardin)
- **Herbie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-herbie)
- **Hardie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-hardie)
- **Harding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbin-vs-harding)
- **hain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hain-vs-harbin)
- **habit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-harbin)
- **Habib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-harbin)
- **Hamlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamlin-vs-harbin)
- **hairpin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hairpin-vs-harbin)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahrbin`, `habrin`, `harbbin`, `harbinn`, `harbni`, `haribn`, `harrbin`, `hharbin`, `hrabin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/harbin