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 outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Official name of China: a country in East Asia.
| 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) |
Where “People's Republic of China” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for People's Republic of China is 26 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “People's Republic of China”
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- -O-F- -C-H-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/ (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.