Nanjing
[nãŋˈxĩŋ]
The verdict
“Nanjing” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,706 among 7,828 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,706
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,828
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad de la República Popular de China, capital de la provincia de Jiangsu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nanjing |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [nãŋˈxĩŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nanjing” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nanjing is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,706 among 7,828 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [nãŋˈxĩŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciudad de la República Popular de China, capital de la provincia de Jiangsu.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Nanjing, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Nanjing, spelled N-A-N-J-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de la República Popular de China, capital de la provincia de Jiangsu.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “Nanjing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-A-N-J-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.