astrakhan
/æstɹəˈkæn/
"astrakhan" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“astrakhan” is uncommon English (frequency #77,428 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,428
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-astrakhan · astrakhan · English
astrakhan · rank #77,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,428
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Asgardian
Nearest frequency peer: Asgardian (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “astrakhan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ASCE
ASCE
22,575 corpus weight
- Asgardian
Asgardian
22,574 corpus weight
- astrakhan
astrakhan
22,573 corpus weight
- Aubin
Aubin
22,571 corpus weight
- aul
aul
22,570 corpus weight
- automatons
automatons
22,569 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “astrakhan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | astrakhan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /æstɹəˈkæn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “astrakhan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
astrakhan is uncommon English at frequency #77,428 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /æstɹəˈkæn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for astrakhan in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after the city of Astrakhan in Southern Russia. The correct English form is astrakhan, spelled A-S-T-R-A-K-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan.
- 2Cloth resembling the above mentioned fur, often made from wool and mohair and used for trimmings.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how astrakhan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs.
Heavy bands of astrakhan were slashed across the sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat […]
Etymology
Named after the city of Astrakhan in Southern Russia.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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