Pangasinan
/pɐŋ.ɡɐ.sɪˈnan/
"pangasinan" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pangasinan” is uncommon English (frequency #84,594 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,594
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A province of the Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Lingayen. Largest city: San Carlos.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pangasinan · Pangasinan · English
Pangasinan · rank #84,594 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,594
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Paderborn
Nearest frequency peer: Paderborn (-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 “Pangasinan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- orchestrator
orchestrator
15,413 corpus weight
- osteopath
osteopath
15,411 corpus weight
- Paderborn
Paderborn
15,408 corpus weight
- Pangasinan
Pangasinan
15,407 corpus weight
- pathogenici…
pathogenicity
15,403 corpus weight
- Pavlovian
Pavlovian
15,400 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Pangasinan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pangasinan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /pɐŋ.ɡɐ.sɪˈnan/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Pangasinan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Pangasinan is uncommon English at frequency #84,594 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /pɐŋ.ɡɐ.sɪˈnan/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Pangasinan has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Pangasinán, from Pangasinan Pangasinan. The correct English form is Pangasinan, spelled P-A-N-G-A-S-I-N-A-N.
Definition
- 1A province of the Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Lingayen. Largest city: San Carlos.
- 2A language of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family of languages; it is one of the major languages of the Philippines and the primary language in the province of Pangasinan, as well as northern Tarlac.
Etymology
From Spanish Pangasinán, from Pangasinan Pangasinan.
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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