Chinatown

\tʃaj.na.tawn\

/\tʃaj.na.tawn\/ noun

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The verdict

“Chinatown” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,707. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,707
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quartier ayant accueilli des Asiatiques, en particulier dans les pays anglophones d’Amérique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chinatown · Chinatown · French

Chinatown · rank #39,707 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,707
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chimpanzé

Nearest frequency peer: chimpanzé (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Chinatown »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Chinatown » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Chinatown
PropertyValue
HeadwordChinatown
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʃaj.na.tawn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#39,707
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Chinatown »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Chinatownse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chimpanzé » (#39,706), « choir » (#39,708), « chiliens » (#39,705). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Chinatown » est au #39,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Chinatown (IPA \tʃaj.na.tawn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,707 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Quartier ayant accueilli des Asiatiques, en particulier dans les pays anglophones d’Amérique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chinatown, with forms such as "cchinatown", "chhinatown", and "chiantown". 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Chinatown, spelled C-H-I-N-A-T-O-W-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quartier ayant accueilli des Asiatiques, en particulier dans les pays anglophones d’Amérique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Chinatown appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Certaine conversation de mes aînés, au sujet des bouges infects de Chinatown, à San Francisco, avait laissé une profonde impression dans mon jeune esprit.
  2. C’est mon ami Hong-Tcheng-Tsi, que j’ai connu dans la Chinatown de San-Francisco.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchinatown
  • chhinatown
  • chiantown
  • chinaotwn
  • chinatonw
  • chinatownn
  • chinatowwn
  • chinattown
  • chinatwon
  • chinnatown
  • chintaown
  • chniatown
  • cihnatown
  • hcinatown

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chinatown - 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.

cchinatown1chhinatown1chiantown2chinaotwn2chinatonw2chinatownn1chinatowwn1chinattown1
Edit distance from "Chinatown"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chinatown"?
"Chinatown" is spelled C-H-I-N-A-T-O-W-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʃaj.na.tawn\.
What does "Chinatown" mean?
As a noun, "Chinatown" means: Quartier ayant accueilli des Asiatiques, en particulier dans les pays anglophones d’Amérique.
What are common misspellings of "Chinatown"?
Common misspellings include "cchinatown", "chhinatown", "chiantown", "chinaotwn", "chinatonw". The correct spelling is "Chinatown".
How do you pronounce "Chinatown"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chinatown" is \tʃaj.na.tawn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chinatown" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Chinatown", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chimpanzé#39,706chevauche#39,704causerait#39,696conscrits#39,719

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

cornichon14 variantscoworking14 variantsassermenté14 variantsappétissant14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list