Taiping

/taɪˈpɪŋ/

//taɪˈpɪŋ// name

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"taiping" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Taiping” is uncommon English (frequency #72,812 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,812
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a rebel state in southern, eastern, and central China during the mid-19th century.

Corpus desk

Index EN-taiping · Taiping · English

Taiping · rank #72,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,812
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH taiko

Nearest frequency peer: taiko (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “Taiping”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Taiping
PropertyValue
HeadwordTaiping
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/taɪˈpɪŋ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Taiping” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Taipingfalls in this rarity band:

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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “taiko” (#72,811), “Tano” (#72,814), “tased” (#72,815). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “Taiping” is #72,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Taiping is uncommon English at frequency #72,812 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /taɪˈpɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Taiping in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 Mandarin Chinese 太平 (Tàipíng, literally “Great Peace, Great Pacified Region”). The correct English form is Taiping, spelled T-A-I-P-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a rebel state in southern, eastern, and central China during the mid-19th century.
  2. 2
    Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
  3. 3
    Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
  4. 4
    Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
  5. 5
    Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
  6. 6
    Taiping Prefecture, a former prefecture of China located west of Nanjing during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
  7. 7
    Victoria Peak in Hong Kong.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chiang-su was the main centre of the great Tʻai Pʻing rebellion, Nanking being the rebel capital from 1853 to 1864.
  2. From the age of thirteen, Huang Pin-hung was able to study paintings in private collections that were being dispersed in the area around his ancestral home in She-hsien, An-hui Province, in the wake of the T’ai-p’ing Rebellion; he was particularly impressed by the works of Tung Ch’i-ch’ang (1555-1636) and Cha Shih-piao (1615-98).

Etymology

From Mandarin Chinese 太平 (Tàipíng, literally “Great Peace, Great Pacified Region”).

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 "Taiping"?
"Taiping" is spelled T-A-I-P-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /taɪˈpɪŋ/.
What does "Taiping" mean?
As a proper noun, "Taiping" means: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a rebel state in southern, eastern, and central China during the mid-19th century.
How do you pronounce "Taiping"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Taiping" is /taɪˈpɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Taiping"?
From Mandarin Chinese 太平 (Tàipíng, literally “Great Peace, Great Pacified Region”). 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 "Taiping", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list