State of Japan
"state-of-japan" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“State of Japan” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De facto official name of Japan under the Constitution of Japan (1947-)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | State of Japan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “State of Japan” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for State of Japan is 14 letters long, classified as a proper noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De facto official name of Japan under the Constitution of Japan (1947-)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for State of Japan, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is State of Japan, spelled S-T-A-T-E- -O-F- -J-A-P-A-N.
Definition
- 1De facto official name of Japan under the Constitution of Japan (1947-)
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.
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Using “State of Japan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-T-E- -O-F- -J-A-P-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.