pachinko
/pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/
"pachinko" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pachinko” is uncommon English (frequency #61,010 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,010
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pachinko |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pachinko” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pachinko is uncommon English at frequency #61,010 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pachinko, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン. The correct English form is pachinko, spelled P-A-C-H-I-N-K-O.
Definition
- 1A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン.
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); 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 “pachinko”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-A-C-H-I-N-K-O - 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.