Jilin

/[ˈxilĩn]/ name

The verdict

“Jilin” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #97,547 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#97,547
frequency rank, Spanish
5
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Ciudad de la provincia homónina (Manchuria) junto al río Songhua Jiang, 100 km al E de Changchun.

Key facts for Jilin
PropertyValue
HeadwordJilin
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈxilĩn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#97,547
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Jilin” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Jilin lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Jilin is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxilĩn]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,547 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciudad de la provincia homónina (Manchuria) junto al río Songhua Jiang, 100 km al E de Changchun.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Jilin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Jilin, spelled J-I-L-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad de la provincia homónina (Manchuria) junto al río Songhua Jiang, 100 km al E de Changchun.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jilin"?
"Jilin" is spelled J-I-L-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈxilĩn].
What does "Jilin" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jilin" means: Ciudad de la provincia homónina (Manchuria) junto al río Songhua Jiang, 100 km al E de Changchun.
How do you pronounce "Jilin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jilin" is [ˈxilĩn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jilin" come from?
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Using “Jilin”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is J-I-L-I-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈxilĩn] (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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list