Tanjung Rambutan

name

"tanjung-rambutan" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Tanjung Rambutan” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in Kinta district, Perak, Malaysia.

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Index EN-tanjung-rambutan · Tanjung Rambutan · English

Tanjung Rambutan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Tanjung Rambutan
PropertyValue
HeadwordTanjung Rambutan
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Tanjung Rambutan” in English

Tanjung Rambutansits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tanjung Rambutan is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Tanjung Rambutan, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Malay Tanjung Rambutan. Sense 3 refers to the notorious reputation of the psychiatric hospital located there as associated with people with mental illnesses. The correct English form is Tanjung Rambutan, spelled T-A-N-J-U-N-G- -R-A-M-B-U-T-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A town in Kinta district, Perak, Malaysia.
  2. 2
    the Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, formerly known as the Tanjung Rambutan Asylum, a psychiatric hospital.
  3. 3
    (used to refer to mental illness)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Tanjung Rambutan. Sense 3 refers to the notorious reputation of the psychiatric hospital located there as associated with people with mental illnesses.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tanjung Rambutan"?
"Tanjung Rambutan" is spelled T-A-N-J-U-N-G- -R-A-M-B-U-T-A-N.
What does "Tanjung Rambutan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tanjung Rambutan" means: A town in Kinta district, Perak, Malaysia.
What is the origin of the word "Tanjung Rambutan"?
Borrowed from Malay Tanjung Rambutan. Sense 3 refers to the notorious reputation of the psychiatric hospital located there as associated with people with mental illnesses. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list