# Saipan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /saɪˈpæn/ · frequency rank #47,315

## Definitions
1. An island, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands.

## Etymology
From Chamorro Saipan. A folk etymology connects it with the Carolinian for “empty place”.

## Easily confused with
- **span** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saipan-vs-span)
- **sian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saipan-vs-sian)
- **Satan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saipan-vs-satan)
- **saran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saipan-vs-saran)
- **Salman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saipan-vs-salman)
- **Samoan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saipan-vs-samoan)
- **Stepan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saipan-vs-stepan)
- **Saban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saban-vs-saipan)
- **Sagan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sagan-vs-saipan)
- **Saigon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-saipan)

## Common misspellings (8)
`asipan`, `saiapn`, `saipann`, `saipna`, `saippan`, `sapian`, `siapan`, `ssaipan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/saipan