Atatürk
/ˈatətɜːk/
"ataturk" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Atatürk” is an uncommon English word, ranked #88,071 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #88,071
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Turkish, borne only by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Atatürk |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈatətɜːk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Atatürk” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Atatürk is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈatətɜːk/. Corpus data places it at rank #88,071 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A surname from Turkish, borne only by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Atatürk, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Turkish Atatürk. The correct English form is Atatürk, spelled A-T-A-T-Ü-R-K.
Definition
- 1A surname from Turkish, borne only by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey
Etymology
From Turkish Atatürk.
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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Using “Atatürk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-T-A-T-Ü-R-K - 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.