Shanghái
[ʃãŋˈgaj]
The verdict
“Shanghái” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,949. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,949
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gran ciudad, la mayor de China y su principal centro comercial, en la costa este del país.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shanghái |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ʃãŋˈgaj] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #23,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Shanghái” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Shanghái (IPA [ʃãŋˈgaj]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,949 among 34,953 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gran ciudad, la mayor de China y su principal centro comercial, en la costa este del país.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Shanghái, with forms such as "hsanghái", "sahnghái", and "shagnhái". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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. The correct Spanish form is Shanghái, spelled S-H-A-N-G-H-Á-I.
Definition
- 1Gran ciudad, la mayor de China y su principal centro comercial, en la costa este del país.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsanghái
- sahnghái
- shagnhái
- shangghái
- shanghhái
- shanghiá
- shangáhi
- shanhgái
- shannghái
- shhanghái
- shnaghái
- sshanghái
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Shanghái - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Shanghái”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-H-A-N-G-H-Á-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃãŋˈgaj] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.