Shanxi
/ˈʃɑnˈʃi/
"shanxi" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Shanxi” is uncommon English (frequency #55,097 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,097
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shanxi · Shanxi · English
Shanxi · rank #55,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,097
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Shabazz
Nearest frequency peer: Shabazz (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Shanxi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- seesaw
seesaw
44,910 corpus weight
- Sephardic
Sephardic
44,908 corpus weight
- serv
serv
44,907 corpus weight
- Shabazz
Shabazz
44,905 corpus weight
- Shanxi
Shanxi
44,904 corpus weight
- Sheboygan
Sheboygan
44,902 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Shanxi” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shanxi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃɑnˈʃi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Shanxi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Shanxi is uncommon English at frequency #55,097 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈʃɑnˈʃi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Shanxi, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 山西 (Shānxī, “[Land] West of the [Taihang] Mountains”), in reference to the location of the province's central Fen River valley. The correct English form is Shanxi, spelled S-H-A-N-X-I.
Definition
- 1A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Shanxi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Shi-whang-ti having obſerv’d in viſiting his Empire that the Northern Provinces, eſpecially Pe-che-li, Shan-ſi, and Shen-ſi, were much expoſed to the ſudden Incurſions of the Tartars ; he fent a formidable Army, which having driven them back a great way beyond the Frontiers of the Empire, he immediately put in Execution the Scheme he had form'd to ſecure…
The Tachai Production Brigade is part of the Tachai Commune in Xiyang County, Shanxi Province, in Northern China. It’s tucked away in the Taihang Mountains, a bit over two hundred miles southwest of Peking, in an area with poor soil, serious erosion, and rock-strewn, mountainous terrain.
Etymology
c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 山西 (Shānxī, “[Land] West of the [Taihang] Mountains”), in reference to the location of the province's central Fen River valley.
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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