Hefei
"hefei" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hefei” is uncommon English (frequency #97,099 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,099
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Anhui, in central China.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hefei · Hefei · English
Hefei · rank #97,099 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,099
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hax
Nearest frequency peer: hax (-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 “Hefei”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hashemite
Hashemite
2,906 corpus weight
- hax
hax
2,903 corpus weight
- Hefei
Hefei
2,902 corpus weight
- Heraklion
Heraklion
2,899 corpus weight
- hern
hern
2,897 corpus weight
- herpesvirus
herpesvirus
2,896 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hefei” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hefei |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hefei” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hefei is uncommon English at frequency #97,099 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Anhui, in central China.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hefei, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mandarin 合肥 (Héféi). The correct English form is Hefei, spelled H-E-F-E-I.
Definition
- 1A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Anhui, in central China.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hefei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some 10,000 people took the streets in the eastern city of Hefei this week in what appears to have been the largest student demonstration since the Tiananmen Square human rights protests of 1989.
The other case, surnamed Zhang, was in close contact with Li during a training class Li led in the city of Luan, near Anhui's provincial capital Hefei, Xinhua reported.[…] Two areas in Luan city and one part of Feixi county were declared "medium-risk" regions by local authorities in response to the cases. State media reported mass testing being carried ou…
Etymology
From Mandarin 合肥 (Héféi).
Synonyms
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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