Namibia
/nəˈmɪbi.ə/
"namibia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Namibia” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #21,008 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #21,008
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Namibia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /nəˈmɪbi.ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Namibia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Namibia is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /nəˈmɪbi.ə/. Corpus data places it at rank #21,008 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Namibia, with forms such as "anmibia", "naimbia", and "nambiia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Namib (from Khoekhoe namib) + -ia. The correct English form is Namibia, spelled N-A-M-I-B-I-A.
Definition
- 1A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.
Etymology
From Namib (from Khoekhoe namib) + -ia.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anmibia,naimbia,nambiia,namibai,namibbia,namiiba,nammibia,nmaibia,nnamibia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Namibia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Namibia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-A-M-I-B-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /nəˈmɪbi.ə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.