Shanghai
\ʃɑ̃.ɡaj\
The verdict
“Shanghai” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,946
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante orthographique de Shanghaï.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shanghai |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃.ɡaj\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Shanghai” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Shanghai (IPA \ʃɑ̃.ɡaj\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,946 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante orthographique de Shanghaï.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Shanghai, with forms such as "hsanghai", "sahnghai", and "shagnhai". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Shanghai, spelled S-H-A-N-G-H-A-I.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de Shanghaï.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsanghai
- sahnghai
- shagnhai
- shangahi
- shangghai
- shanghhai
- shanghia
- shanhgai
- shannghai
- shhanghai
- shnaghai
- sshanghai
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Shanghai - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Shanghai”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-H-A-N-G-H-A-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɑ̃.ɡaj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.