Inner Mongolia
"inner-mongolia" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Inner Mongolia” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An autonomous region of China, south of Mongolia, with closely related native Mongolian population, mostly north of the Great Wall. Capital: Hohhot.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Inner Mongolia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Inner Mongolia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Inner Mongolia is 14 letters long, classified as a proper noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An autonomous region of China, south of Mongolia, with closely related native Mongolian population, mostly north of the Great Wall. Capital: Hohhot.".
Inner Mongolia has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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: From inner (near, seen from China proper) + Mongolia. The correct English form is Inner Mongolia, spelled I-N-N-E-R- -M-O-N-G-O-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1An autonomous region of China, south of Mongolia, with closely related native Mongolian population, mostly north of the Great Wall. Capital: Hohhot.
Etymology
From inner (near, seen from China proper) + Mongolia.
Antonyms
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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 “Inner Mongolia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-N-E-R- -M-O-N-G-O-L-I-A - 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.