Mukden
"mukden" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mukden” is uncommon English (frequency #99,598 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,598
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Shenyang, in Liaoning province, China.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mukden · Mukden · English
Mukden · rank #99,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,598
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mullett
Nearest frequency peer: mullett (+1 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 “Mukden”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- motet
motet
407 corpus weight
- mottling
mottling
406 corpus weight
- mournfully
mournfully
405 corpus weight
- Mukden
Mukden
403 corpus weight
- mullett
mullett
402 corpus weight
- Murgatroyd
Murgatroyd
401 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mukden” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mukden |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mukden” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mukden is uncommon English at frequency #99,598 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Shenyang, in Liaoning province, China.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mukden, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Manchu ᠮᡠᡴ᠋ᡩᡝᠨ (mukden). The correct English form is Mukden, spelled M-U-K-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Shenyang, in Liaoning province, China.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mukden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In such different towns as Mukden, Niu-chwang, Ch'ung-k'ing, Ch'êngtu, Chia-ting Fu, Sui Fu, Chao-t'ung Fu, Tung-ch'uan Fu, Yün-nan Fu, and Tali Fu, I encountered members of the missionary community, from all of whom I received a cordial hospitality and much valuable information.
The reconstruction of the Tokyo-Shimonoseki section is of importance and ought to be done, not only because it forms a great artery of Japan, but also because it is the line which, when the Mukden-Antung standard-gauge railway is completed next November, will form part of the world’s railway highway, conveying passengers via Chosen and South Manchuria, wi…
Etymology
From Manchu ᠮᡠᡴ᠋ᡩᡝᠨ (mukden).
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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