renminbi
/ˈɹɛn.mɪn.bi/
"renminbi" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“renminbi” is uncommon English (frequency #78,073 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,073
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The official currency of the People's Republic of China.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | renminbi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛn.mɪn.bi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “renminbi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
renminbi is uncommon English at frequency #78,073 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹɛn.mɪn.bi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The official currency of the People's Republic of China.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for renminbi, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 人民幣／人民币 (rénmínbì, “people's currency”). The correct English form is renminbi, spelled R-E-N-M-I-N-B-I.
Definition
- 1The official currency of the People's Republic of China.
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 人民幣／人民币 (rénmínbì, “people's currency”).
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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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- The one correct English spelling is R-E-N-M-I-N-B-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɹɛn.mɪn.bi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.