Itami

name

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"itami" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Itami” is uncommon English (frequency #91,648 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,648
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Corpus desk

Index EN-itami · Itami · English

Itami · rank #91,648 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,648
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ismay

Nearest frequency peer: Ismay (-2 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 “Itami”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Itami” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Itami
PropertyValue
HeadwordItami
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#91,648
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Itami” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Itamifalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Ismay” (#91,646), “Iowan” (#91,645), “jadeite” (#91,652). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “Itami” is #91,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Itami is uncommon English at frequency #91,648 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Itami in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 伊丹. The correct English form is Itami, spelled I-T-A-M-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Etymology

From Japanese 伊丹.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Itami"?
"Itami" is spelled I-T-A-M-I.
What does "Itami" mean?
As a proper noun, "Itami" means: A city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
What is the origin of the word "Itami"?
From Japanese 伊丹. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Itami", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ismay#91,646Iowan#91,645Janae#91,655kanon#91,679

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list