Manchukuo
/mænˈt͡ʃʊəkuːəʊ/
"manchukuo" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Manchukuo” is uncommon English (frequency #86,489 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,489
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A puppet state of Imperial Japan, existing from 1932 to 1945, conceived as a Manchu nation-state under the restored Qing dynasty but in reality serving Japanese colonial interests in Manchuria. Cap...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Manchukuo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /mænˈt͡ʃʊəkuːəʊ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Manchukuo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Manchukuo is uncommon English at frequency #86,489 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /mænˈt͡ʃʊəkuːəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A puppet state of Imperial Japan, existing from 1932 to 1945, conceived as a Manchu nation-state under the restored Qing dynasty but in reality serving Japanese colonial interests in Manchuria. Cap...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Manchukuo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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: A variant of the Wade–Giles romanization (Man³-chou¹-kuo²) of Mandarin 滿洲國 /满洲国 (Mǎnzhōuguó), from Japanese 満洲国 (Manshūkoku)/Japanese 満州国 (Manshūkoku), under influence from Manchu and Mandarin 滿洲 /满洲 (Mǎnzhōu) + 國 /国 (guó). The correct English form is Manchukuo, spelled M-A-N-C-H-U-K-U-O.
Definition
- 1A puppet state of Imperial Japan, existing from 1932 to 1945, conceived as a Manchu nation-state under the restored Qing dynasty but in reality serving Japanese colonial interests in Manchuria. Capital: Hsinking (Changchun).
Etymology
A variant of the Wade–Giles romanization (Man³-chou¹-kuo²) of Mandarin 滿洲國 /满洲国 (Mǎnzhōuguó), from Japanese 満洲国 (Manshūkoku)/Japanese 満州国 (Manshūkoku), under influence from Manchu and Mandarin 滿洲 /满洲 (Mǎnzhōu) + 國 /国 (guó).
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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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Using “Manchukuo”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-A-N-C-H-U-K-U-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.