Tianjin

\tjan.tʃin\

/\tjan.tʃin\/ name

The verdict

“Tianjin” is uncommon French (frequency #59,685 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,685
frequency rank, French
164,488
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ville et municipalité autonome du nord-est de la Chine, située sur le golfe de Bohai à 150 km au sud-est de Pékin

Key facts for Tianjin
PropertyValue
HeadwordTianjin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\tjan.tʃin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,685
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Tianjin” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Tianjin lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tianjin is uncommon French at frequency #59,685 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \tjan.tʃin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ville et municipalité autonome du nord-est de la Chine, située sur le golfe de Bohai à 150 km au sud-est de Pékin".

No misspelling variants are generated for Tianjin in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 French form is Tianjin, spelled T-I-A-N-J-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ville et municipalité autonome du nord-est de la Chine, située sur le golfe de Bohai à 150 km au sud-est de Pékin

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 "Tianjin"?
"Tianjin" is spelled T-I-A-N-J-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tjan.tʃin\.
What does "Tianjin" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tianjin" means: ville et municipalité autonome du nord-est de la Chine, située sur le golfe de Bohai à 150 km au sud-est de Pékin
How do you pronounce "Tianjin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tianjin" is \tjan.tʃin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tianjin" come from?
"Tianjin" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Tianjin”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-I-A-N-J-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \tjan.tʃin\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list