Ulsan
"ulsan" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ulsan” is uncommon English (frequency #73,751 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,751
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in South Korea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ulsan · Ulsan · English
Ulsan · rank #73,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,751
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unbelieving
Nearest frequency peer: unbelieving (+3 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 “Ulsan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Tymoshenko
Tymoshenko
26,254 corpus weight
- Ulsan
Ulsan
26,250 corpus weight
- unbelieving
unbelieving
26,247 corpus weight
- underaged
underaged
26,246 corpus weight
- undigested
undigested
26,245 corpus weight
- unequalled
unequalled
26,244 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ulsan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ulsan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ulsan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ulsan is uncommon English at frequency #73,751 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in South Korea.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ulsan, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Korean 울산(蔚山) (Ulsan). The correct English form is Ulsan, spelled U-L-S-A-N.
Definition
- 1A city in South Korea.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ulsan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vice-Admiral Kamimura reports that at dawn of the 14th instant, our squadron found, off Ulsan, the south-eastern coast of Corea, three ships of the Vladivostock squadron steaming southward.
At least 80 people were being treated for smoke inhalation from the blaze, at a 33-story building in the city of Ulsan, according to the Yonhap news agency. No deaths were immediately reported.
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 울산(蔚山) (Ulsan).
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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