hulijing
"hulijing" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hulijing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nine-tailed fox in Chinese mythology
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hulijing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hulijing” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hulijing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nine-tailed fox in Chinese mythology".
No misspelling variants are generated for hulijing in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mandarin 狐狸精 (húlijīng). The correct English form is hulijing, spelled H-U-L-I-J-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1nine-tailed fox in Chinese mythology
Etymology
From Mandarin 狐狸精 (húlijīng).
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 “hulijing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-U-L-I-J-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.