Rasputin
[ˈʁasputiːn]
The verdict
“Rasputin” is uncommon German (frequency #71,759 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,759
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - russischer Mystiker und Wanderprediger (1869–1916), enger Vertrauter der Zarenfamilie Romanow
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rasputin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁasputiːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rasputin” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rasputin is uncommon German at frequency #71,759 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʁasputiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "russischer Mystiker und Wanderprediger (1869–1916), enger Vertrauter der Zarenfamilie Romanow".
No misspelling variants are generated for Rasputin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Rasputin, spelled R-A-S-P-U-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1russischer Mystiker und Wanderprediger (1869–1916), enger Vertrauter der Zarenfamilie Romanow
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Rasputin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-S-P-U-T-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.