Pudong
"pudong" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pudong” is uncommon English (frequency #74,416 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,416
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A new area in Shanghai, China.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pudong · Pudong · English
Pudong · rank #74,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,416
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH psalmist
Nearest frequency peer: psalmist (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Pudong”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- probly
probly
25,590 corpus weight
- psalmist
psalmist
25,587 corpus weight
- Pudong
Pudong
25,585 corpus weight
- punctually
punctually
25,583 corpus weight
- punditry
punditry
25,582 corpus weight
- pyridine
pyridine
25,579 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Pudong” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Pudong” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Pudong is uncommon English at frequency #74,416 among 4,417 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pudong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Where just 20 years ago there were rice paddies, now stands the new and ultramodern Pudong financial district and its imposing office towers. On Puxi, across the river, is the Bund, a collection of stately Art Deco buildings from the 1920s and '30s that call to mind old parts of New York or London.
Pudong is an important district of Shanghai. Over the past decade, it has made resounding achievements with its speedy economic development, which has in turn promoted the development of Shanghai as a whole and established its own position and image. Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin praised Pudong as “an epitome of Shanghai’s modernization drive and a sy…
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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