Ho Chi Minh City
/ˌhəʊ tʃiː ˌmɪn ˈsɪti/
"ho-chi-minh-city" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ho Chi Minh City” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The largest city of Vietnam.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌhəʊ tʃiː ˌmɪn ˈsɪti/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ho Chi Minh City” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ho Chi Minh City is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌhəʊ tʃiː ˌmɪn ˈsɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The largest city of Vietnam.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ho Chi Minh City in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Vietnamese Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Named after Vietnamese communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh. The correct English form is Ho Chi Minh City, spelled H-O- -C-H-I- -M-I-N-H- -C-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The largest city of Vietnam.
Etymology
Calque of Vietnamese Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Named after Vietnamese communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Ho Chi Minh City”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-O- -C-H-I- -M-I-N-H- -C-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌhəʊ tʃiː ˌmɪn ˈsɪti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.