Nanking
/nænˈkɪŋ/
"nanking" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Nanking” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,292
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Nanjing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nanking · Nanking · English
Nanking · rank #42,292 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,292
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nationalised
Nearest frequency peer: nationalised (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Nanking”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- munchkin
munchkin
57,713 corpus weight
- Musharraf
Musharraf
57,711 corpus weight
- Nanking
Nanking
57,709 corpus weight
- nationalised
nationalised
57,708 corpus weight
- Navas
Navas
57,707 corpus weight
- Noida
Noida
57,705 corpus weight
What this shows “Nanking” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nanking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /nænˈkɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,292 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Nanking”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Nanking (IPA /nænˈkɪŋ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,292 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative form of Nanjing.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nanking, with forms such as "annking", "nakning", and "nanikng". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "napkin", "napping", "naming", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 南京, reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. The correct English form is Nanking, spelled N-A-N-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Nanjing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nanking appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wherefore he firſt placed his Court at Nanking nee to the bank of that great River of Kiang, which the Chineſſes,in reſpect of the hugh Mountains of water which it diſcharges into the Ocean, call the Son of the Sea :
In China the quantity of Ships is innumerable, as the Sand of the Sea : Thoſe which carry Corn only to Peking amounting to 9999 (*) large Ships, ſufficient to carry above thirty or forty thouſand weight : and their paſſage from Nanking to Peking, being ſeven or eight hundred (†) (Italian) Miles, mostly through Artificial Channels, takes up full ſix Months…
Etymology
From the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 南京, reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- annking
- nakning
- nanikng
- nankign
- nankingg
- nankinng
- nankking
- nanknig
- nannking
- nnaking
- nnanking
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nanking - 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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