Thailand

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"thailand" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Thailand” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,988. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,988
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok. Former name: Siam.

Corpus desk

Index EN-thailand · Thailand · English

Thailand · rank #4,988 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,988
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH tension

Nearest frequency peer: tension (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Thailand”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Thailand” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Thailand
PropertyValue
HeadwordThailand
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,988
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Thailand”

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).Thailandlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “tension” (#4,987), “theories” (#4,989), “targeted” (#4,986). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “Thailand” is #4,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Thailand, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,988 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thailand, with forms such as "htailand", "tahiland", and "thaialnd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Thai + -land, from Thai ไทย (tai), from ไท (tai, “Tai, or 'free' via folk etymology”). The correct English form is Thailand, spelled T-H-A-I-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok. Former name: Siam.
  2. 2
    A barangay of Banisilan, Cotabato, Philippines.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Are you from Thailand? I got you soup from Thailand!
  2. A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand to research the diversity and distribution of tarantulas in the country.

Etymology

From Thai + -land, from Thai ไทย (tai), from ไท (tai, “Tai, or 'free' via folk etymology”).

This word in other languages

Tailandia(Español)Thaïlande(Français)Thailand(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htailand
  • tahiland
  • thaialnd
  • thailadn
  • thailandd
  • thailannd
  • thailland
  • thailnad
  • thaliand
  • thhailand
  • thialand
  • tthailand

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Thailand - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

htailand2tahiland2thaialnd2thailadn2thailandd1thailannd1thailland1thailnad2
Edit distance from "Thailand"

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 "Thailand"?
"Thailand" is spelled T-H-A-I-L-A-N-D.
What does "Thailand" mean?
As a proper noun, "Thailand" means: A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok. Former name: Siam.
What are common misspellings of "Thailand"?
Common misspellings include "htailand", "tahiland", "thaialnd", "thailadn", "thailandd". The correct spelling is "Thailand".
What is the origin of the word "Thailand"?
From Thai + -land, from Thai ไทย (tai), from ไท (tai, “Tai, or 'free' via folk etymology”). 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 "Thailand", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

theories#4,989targeted#4,986touching#4,990reserves#4,977

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

portrait12 variantspleasant12 variantsdeclined12 variantsholidays12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list