Atatürk
/ˈatətɜːk/
"ataturk" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Atatürk” is uncommon English (frequency #88,071 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,071
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Turkish, borne only by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey
Corpus desk
Index EN-ataturk · Atatürk · English
Atatürk · rank #88,071 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,071
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aten
Nearest frequency peer: aten (+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 “Atatürk”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- arrowsmith
arrowsmith
11,934 corpus weight
- Arundhati
Arundhati
11,932 corpus weight
- Atatürk
Atatürk
11,930 corpus weight
- aten
aten
11,929 corpus weight
- audiotape
audiotape
11,928 corpus weight
- auroral
auroral
11,927 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Atatürk” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Atatürk” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Atatürk is uncommon English at frequency #88,071 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈatətɜːk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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