Yarlung Tsangpo

/ˈjɑː(ɹ)lʊŋ ˈtsæŋpəʊ/

//ˈjɑː(ɹ)lʊŋ ˈtsæŋpəʊ// name

"yarlung-tsangpo" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Yarlung Tsangpo” 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
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Key facts for Yarlung Tsangpo
PropertyValue
HeadwordYarlung Tsangpo
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈjɑː(ɹ)lʊŋ ˈtsæŋpəʊ/
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Yarlung Tsangpo” sits in English frequency

Yarlung Tsangpo falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

Yarlung Tsangpo is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈjɑː(ɹ)lʊŋ ˈtsæŋpəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Yarlung Tsangpo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Tibetan ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ (yar klungs gtsang po). The correct English form is Yarlung Tsangpo, spelled Y-A-R-L-U-N-G- -T-S-A-N-G-P-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    The upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ (yar klungs gtsang po).

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 "Yarlung Tsangpo"?
"Yarlung Tsangpo" is spelled Y-A-R-L-U-N-G- -T-S-A-N-G-P-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈjɑː(ɹ)lʊŋ ˈtsæŋpəʊ/.
What does "Yarlung Tsangpo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yarlung Tsangpo" means: The upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
How do you pronounce "Yarlung Tsangpo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yarlung Tsangpo" is /ˈjɑː(ɹ)lʊŋ ˈtsæŋpəʊ/. 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 "Yarlung Tsangpo"?
Borrowed from Tibetan ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ (yar klungs gtsang po). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Yarlung Tsangpo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is Y-A-R-L-U-N-G- -T-S-A-N-G-P-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈjɑː(ɹ)lʊŋ ˈtsæŋpəʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list