Tabriz
/tæbˈɹiːz/
"tabriz" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tabriz” is uncommon English (frequency #76,379 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,379
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in Iran, the seat of Tabriz County's Central District and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Fourth largest city of Iran with population of about 1,600,000. Historical names: Davrezh, ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tabriz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /tæbˈɹiːz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tabriz” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tabriz is uncommon English at frequency #76,379 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /tæbˈɹiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Tabriz, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Persian تبریز (tabriz). The correct English form is Tabriz, spelled T-A-B-R-I-Z.
Definition
- 1A city in Iran, the seat of Tabriz County's Central District and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Fourth largest city of Iran with population of about 1,600,000. Historical names: Davrezh, Tavrezh, Tavrez, Tauris.
- 2A county of Iran, around the city.
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian تبریز (tabriz).
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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Using “Tabriz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-B-R-I-Z - 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.