New York City
"new-york-city" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“New York City” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The largest city in the United States, situated in the state of New York at the mouth of the Hudson River on the northeastern Atlantic Coast.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | New York City |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “New York City” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
New York City is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The largest city in the United States, situated in the state of New York at the mouth of the Hudson River on the northeastern Atlantic Coast.".
New York City has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is New York City, spelled N-E-W- -Y-O-R-K- -C-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The largest city in the United States, situated in the state of New York at the mouth of the Hudson River on the northeastern Atlantic Coast.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “New York City”
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- The one correct English spelling is N-E-W- -Y-O-R-K- -C-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.