Rohingya
/ɹoʊˈhɪŋ.jə/
"rohingya" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rohingya” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,163. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,163
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The Indo-European language spoken in Arakan, Myanmar, closely related to Chittagonian.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rohingya · Rohingya · English
Rohingya · rank #32,163 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,163
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rodman
Nearest frequency peer: rodman (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Rohingya”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- reverb
reverb
67,843 corpus weight
- revisionist
revisionist
67,842 corpus weight
- rodman
rodman
67,839 corpus weight
- Rohingya
Rohingya
67,838 corpus weight
- sages
sages
67,835 corpus weight
- Sandoval
Sandoval
67,834 corpus weight
What this shows “Rohingya” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rohingya |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɹoʊˈhɪŋ.jə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Rohingya”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Rohingya (IPA /ɹoʊˈhɪŋ.jə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,163 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The Indo-European language spoken in Arakan, Myanmar, closely related to Chittagonian.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rohingya, with forms such as "orhingya", "rhoingya", and "rohhingya". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Rohingya ruáingga, from Rohingya Rohang + ya (“the people of Rohing”). Rohang is the old kingdom name of Arakan in present-day Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). The correct English form is Rohingya, spelled R-O-H-I-N-G-Y-A.
Definition
- 1The Indo-European language spoken in Arakan, Myanmar, closely related to Chittagonian.
Etymology
Borrowed from Rohingya ruáingga, from Rohingya Rohang + ya (“the people of Rohing”). Rohang is the old kingdom name of Arakan in present-day Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orhingya
- rhoingya
- rohhingya
- rohignya
- rohingay
- rohinggya
- rohingyya
- rohinngya
- rohinyga
- rohnigya
- roihngya
- rrohingya
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rohingya - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rohingya", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).