Republic of China
/ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
"republic-of-china" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Republic of China” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Official name of Taiwan: a partly-recognized country in East Asia; the rump state left over from the Republic of China on the mainland after 1949.
Corpus desk
Index EN-republic-of-china · Republic of China · English
Republic of China · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Republic of China |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Republic of China” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Republic of China is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Republic of China in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Republic of China, spelled R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C- -O-F- -C-H-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Official name of Taiwan: a partly-recognized country in East Asia; the rump state left over from the Republic of China on the mainland after 1949.
- 2Former official name of China: the country in East Asia that controlled the mainland of China from 1912 to 1949, which succeeded the Qing dynasty and preceded the People's Republic of China.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Republic of China appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
While we shall never timidly retreat before the threat of armed aggression, we would welcome, in the present circumstances, negotiations that could have a fruitful result in preserving the peace of the Formosa area and reaching a solution that could be acceptable to all parties concerned, including of course our ally the Republic of China.
As for us, free Chinese in the Republic of China, in spite of the changing world situation, we have never faltered in our resolve to liberate the mainland and restore freedom to the hundreds of millions of Chinese who still suffer under Communist oppression.
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.