Pudong
"pudong" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pudong” is uncommon English (frequency #74,416 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,416
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A new area in Shanghai, China.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pudong |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pudong” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pudong is uncommon English at frequency #74,416 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A new area in Shanghai, China.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Pudong in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 浦東 /浦东 (Pǔdōng, literally “East Bank”), derived from its position east of the Huangpu River. The correct English form is Pudong, spelled P-U-D-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1A new area in Shanghai, China.
Etymology
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 浦東 /浦东 (Pǔdōng, literally “East Bank”), derived from its position east of the Huangpu River.
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 “Pudong”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-U-D-O-N-G - 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.