nankin
\nɑ̃.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“nankin” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,194. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,194
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toile de coton épaisse de couleur jaune chamois, faite avec une variété de coton qui possède naturellement cette couleur sans teinture
Corpus desk
Index FR-nankin · nankin · French
nankin · rank #45,194 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,194
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH méticuleuseme…
Nearest frequency peer: méticuleusement (-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 « nankin »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- musette
musette
54,812 corpus weight
- mythologies
mythologies
54,811 corpus weight
- mécontente
mécontente
54,810 corpus weight
- méticuleuse…
méticuleusement
54,808 corpus weight
- nankin
nankin
54,807 corpus weight
- niaiseries
niaiseries
54,805 corpus weight
What this shows « nankin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nankin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɑ̃.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #45,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nankin »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around nankin (IPA \nɑ̃.kɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,194 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Toile de coton épaisse de couleur jaune chamois, faite avec une variété de coton qui possède naturellement cette couleur sans teinture".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for nankin, with forms such as "annkin", "naknin", and "nanikn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "nantis", "nain", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nankin, spelled N-A-N-K-I-N.
Definition
- 1Toile de coton épaisse de couleur jaune chamois, faite avec une variété de coton qui possède naturellement cette couleur sans teinture
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nankin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] vêtu d’un frac bleu-barbeau, d’un pantalon de nankin et d’un gilet blanc
Il y a surtout, chez le fripier d’à côté, un habit de nankin et un cor de chasse qui m’agacent l’œil depuis longtemps.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- annkin
- naknin
- nanikn
- nankinn
- nankkin
- nankni
- nannkin
- nnakin
- nnankin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nankin - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).