# Sapporo

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #47,886

## Definitions
1. The capital and largest city of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 札幌 (Sapporo), from Ainu サッ・ポロ・ペッ (sat poro pet, literally “dry, great river”).

## Easily confused with
- **support** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sapporo-vs-support)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aspporo`, `sapopro`, `saporo`, `sappoor`, `sapporro`, `sapproo`, `spaporo`, `ssapporo`

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