Xangai

noun

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The verdict

“Xangai” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,988. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,988
frequency rank, Portuguese
27
“X” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a maior cidade da República Popular da China

Corpus desk

Index PT-xangai · Xangai · Portuguese

Xangai · rank #10,988 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,988
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 27
  • PHOTO-FINISH vulcão

Nearest frequency peer: vulcão (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Xangai”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “Xangai” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Xangai vs xingar
50% similar
Xangai vs xana
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Xangai
PropertyValue
HeadwordXangai
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,988
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Xangai”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).Xangaicai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “vulcão” (#10,987), “vol” (#10,986), “aceder” (#10,991). Entre 27 lemas com “X”, “Xangai” fica em #10,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Xangai, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,988 among 27 “X” headwords. Dominant gloss: "a maior cidade da República Popular da China".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Xangai, with forms such as "axngai", "xagnai", and "xanagi". 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, "xingar", "xana", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Xangai, spelled X-A-N-G-A-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    a maior cidade da República Popular da China

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A medida entra em vigor nesta terça-feira e veio após as 20 maiores economias do mundo - que formam o G-20 - terem se reunido por dois dias em Xangai, na sexta-feira e no sábado.

This word in other languages

Shanghai(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • axngai
  • xagnai
  • xanagi
  • xanggai
  • xangia
  • xanngai
  • xnagai
  • xxangai

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Xangai - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

axngai2xagnai2xanagi2xanggai1xangia2xanngai1xnagai2xxangai1
Edit distance from "Xangai"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Xangai"?
"Xangai" is spelled X-A-N-G-A-I.
What does "Xangai" mean?
As a noun, "Xangai" means: a maior cidade da República Popular da China
What words are commonly confused with "Xangai"?
"Xangai" is commonly confused with "xingar", "xana". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Xangai" come from?
"Xangai" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vulcão#10,987aceder#10,991travar#10,978strong#10,969

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

severo8 variantsbalcão8 variantscordão8 variantscorreria8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list