people's republic
"people-s-republic" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“people's republic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A self-designation of states with Marxist–Leninist governments.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | people's republic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “people's republic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
people's republic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for people's republic in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Russian народная республика (narodnaja respublika) (from народный (narodnyj) + республика (respublika) “people's republic, popular republic, national republic”), coined in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Attested in English from 1918. The correct English form is people's republic, spelled P-E-O-P-L-E-'-S- -R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C.
Definition
- 1A self-designation of states with Marxist–Leninist governments.
- 2A particular area with strong, left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, 's, republic.
Etymology
Calque of Russian народная республика (narodnaja respublika) (from народный (narodnyj) + республика (respublika) “people's republic, popular republic, national republic”), coined in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Attested in English from 1918.
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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 “people's republic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-E-O-P-L-E-'-S- -R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C - 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.