Suwon

name

"suwon" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Suwon” is uncommon English (frequency #86,814 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,814
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital city of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Corpus desk

Index EN-suwon · Suwon · English

Suwon · rank #86,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,814
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH superstorm

Nearest frequency peer: superstorm (-2 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.

Long-tail ranks near “Suwon”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Suwon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Suwon
PropertyValue
HeadwordSuwon
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,814
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Suwon” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Suwonfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “superstorm” (#86,812), “supercup” (#86,811), “Swalwell” (#86,817). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Suwon” is #86,814. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Suwon is uncommon English at frequency #86,814 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The capital city of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Suwon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Korean 수원(水原) (Suwon). The correct English form is Suwon, spelled S-U-W-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The capital city of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Suwon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A group of anti-Park farmers who tried to drive into the capital on tractors and trucks had skirmishes with police overnight in Suwon, just south of the capital, Seoul.
  2. Park Jeong-jae, a district court judge in Suwon, south of Seoul, said on Thursday in his ruling on Mr. Yoon’s case, “It was a wrong verdict based on faulty investigations.”

Etymology

From Korean 수원(水原) (Suwon).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Suwon"?
"Suwon" is spelled S-U-W-O-N.
What does "Suwon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Suwon" means: The capital city of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
What is the origin of the word "Suwon"?
From Korean 수원(水原) (Suwon). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Suwon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list