Pangasinan
/pɐŋ.ɡɐ.sɪˈnan/
"pangasinan" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pangasinan” is uncommon English (frequency #84,594 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,594
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A province of the Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Lingayen. Largest city: San Carlos.
| 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) |
Where “Pangasinan” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pangasinan is uncommon English at frequency #84,594 among 46,516 “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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Using “Pangasinan”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-A-N-G-A-S-I-N-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐŋ.ɡɐ.sɪˈnan/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.