Peiping

name

"peiping" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Peiping” 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
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Former name of Beijing.

Corpus desk

Index EN-peiping · Peiping · English

Peiping · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for Peiping
PropertyValue
HeadwordPeiping
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Peiping” in English

Peipingranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Peiping is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Former name of Beijing.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Peiping in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 北平 (Pei³-pʻing²). The correct English form is Peiping, spelled P-E-I-P-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Former name of Beijing.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Peiping appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Peiping, one of the oldest cities in the world, and one of the most interesting! He who has not seen Peiping has really not seen the China of fable and history.
  2. On July 7, 1937, the Japanese during maneuvers attacked the Marco Polo bridge (Lu-kou-ch'iao) across the Yung-ting Ho southwest of Peiping to sever the last railroad link with the rest of China.

Etymology

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 北平 (Pei³-pʻing²).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Peiping"?
"Peiping" is spelled P-E-I-P-I-N-G.
What does "Peiping" mean?
As a proper noun, "Peiping" means: Former name of Beijing.
What is the origin of the word "Peiping"?
From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 北平 (Pei³-pʻing²). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list