Yangtze
/ˈjæŋtsi/
"yangtze" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yangtze” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,961. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,961
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yangtze · Yangtze · English
Yangtze · rank #41,961 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,961
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH Yerevan
Nearest frequency peer: Yerevan (+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 “Yangtze”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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wringing
58,044 corpus weight
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wristwatch
58,043 corpus weight
- Yangtze
Yangtze
58,040 corpus weight
- Yerevan
Yerevan
58,039 corpus weight
- Yonge
Yonge
58,038 corpus weight
- Youssef
Youssef
58,037 corpus weight
What this shows “Yangtze” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yangtze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈjæŋtsi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Yangtze”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Yangtze (IPA /ˈjæŋtsi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,961 among 366 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yangtze, with forms such as "ayngtze", "yagntze", and "yanggtze". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: An irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 揚子 /扬子 (Yángzǐ) and 揚子江 /扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng), a former name for the lower stretches of the Yangtze derived from 揚子津 (Yángzǐjīn)(zh-wikipedia), a former ferry crossing near Yangzhou, applied b… The correct English form is Yangtze, spelled Y-A-N-G-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Yangtze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That Riuer of Nanquin which I called (Yamſu or) Ianſu, the ſonne of the Sea, goeth Northward to Nanquin, and then returning ſomewhat Southward, runneth into the Sea with great force; fortie myles from which it paſſeth by Nanquin. And that from hence to Pequin there might bee paſſage by Riuers, the Kings of China haue deriued a large Channell from this to…
You will perceive that the British and French commissioners ascend the Yangtze at pleasure, and have the steamers of their respective countries at their disposal. I was compelled, for the want of other conveyance, to come hither in a little British steamer which plies between Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Etymology
An irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 揚子 /扬子 (Yángzǐ) and 揚子江 /扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng), a former name for the lower stretches of the Yangtze derived from 揚子津 (Yángzǐjīn)(zh-wikipedia), a former ferry crossing near Yangzhou, applied by foreign visitors to the entire length of the river. The folk etymology that it means "Son of the Ocean" derives from the homophonic misnomer 洋子江 which was apparently given to Matteo Ricci, whose posthumously published journals popularized the river in Europe as Latin Iansu and Iansuchian.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ayngtze
- yagntze
- yanggtze
- yangtez
- yangttze
- yangtzze
- yangzte
- yanngtze
- yantgze
- ynagtze
- yyangtze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yangtze - 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.
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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