mikan
/mɪˈkɑːn/
"mikan" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mikan” is uncommon English (frequency #83,521 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,521
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An orange seedless citrus fruit Citrus unshiu, originating from Japan, about the size of a tangerine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mikan · mikan · English
mikan · rank #83,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,521
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Miah
Nearest frequency peer: Miah (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mikan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- metropolises
metropolises
16,486 corpus weight
- Mexicano
Mexicano
16,485 corpus weight
- Miah
Miah
16,482 corpus weight
- mikan
mikan
16,480 corpus weight
- misspent
misspent
16,478 corpus weight
- monism
monism
16,474 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mikan” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mikan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɪˈkɑːn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mikan” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mikan is uncommon English at frequency #83,521 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɪˈkɑːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An orange seedless citrus fruit Citrus unshiu, originating from Japan, about the size of a tangerine.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mikan in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 蜜柑 (ミカン, mikan), short for 温州蜜柑 (うんしゅうミカン, Unshū mikan, literally “honey citrus of Wēnzhōu”). The correct English form is mikan, spelled M-I-K-A-N.
Definition
- 1An orange seedless citrus fruit Citrus unshiu, originating from Japan, about the size of a tangerine.
Etymology
From Japanese 蜜柑 (ミカン, mikan), short for 温州蜜柑 (うんしゅうミカン, Unshū mikan, literally “honey citrus of Wēnzhōu”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.