# Taipei

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /taɪˈpeɪ/ · frequency rank #19,226

## Definitions
1. The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan.
2. A former county of Taiwan, which became New Taipei City.
3. The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

## Etymology
19th c., from Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 臺北／台北 (Tʻai²-pei³, literally “Taiwan north”), composed of 臺／台 (tái) (short for Taiwan) and 北 (běi, “north”).

## Easily confused with
- **tape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taipei-vs-tape)
- **taper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taipei-vs-taper)
- **tripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taipei-vs-tripe)
- **tapped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taipei-vs-tapped)
- **tamper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taipei-vs-tamper)
- **tapper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taipei-vs-tapper)
- **tailed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-taipei)

## Common misspellings (7)
`atipei`, `taiepi`, `taipie`, `taippei`, `tapiei`, `tiapei`, `ttaipei`

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