People's Republic of China
/ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
"people-s-republic-of-china" is a 22-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“People's Republic of China” 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
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Official name of China: a country in East Asia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-people-s-republic-of-chi · People's Republic of China · English
People's Republic of China · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | People's Republic of China |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/ |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “People's Republic of China” in English
Rare enough to double-check
People's Republic of China is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Official name of China: a country in East Asia.".
No misspelling variants are generated for People's Republic of China in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Chinese 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó). The correct English form is People's Republic of China, spelled P-E-O-P-L-E-'-S- -R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C- -O-F- -C-H-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Official name of China: a country in East Asia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how People's Republic of China appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meronym: mainland China
Near-synonym: China
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.