renminbi
/ˈɹɛn.mɪn.bi/
"renminbi" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“renminbi” is uncommon English (frequency #78,073 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,073
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The official currency of the People's Republic of China.
Corpus desk
Index EN-renminbi · renminbi · English
renminbi · rank #78,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,073
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rennet
Nearest frequency peer: rennet (+1 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 “renminbi”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- recurved
recurved
21,937 corpus weight
- regicide
regicide
21,932 corpus weight
- regolith
regolith
21,931 corpus weight
- renminbi
renminbi
21,928 corpus weight
- rennet
rennet
21,927 corpus weight
- Risley
Risley
21,920 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “renminbi” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “renminbi” in English
Rare enough to double-check
renminbi is uncommon English at frequency #78,073 among 3,094 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how renminbi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now, the Fang County government is trying “incentives,” according to a statement posted Saturday on its website. People who report their own fevers will receive 1,000 renminbi, the equivalent of $143 — a few days’ salary for the average Hubei resident. The statement also said that people who report the fevers of others would get 500 renminbi, which raised…
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 人民幣／人民币 (rénmínbì, “people's currency”).
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); 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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