Austerlitz
/ˈɔːstəlɪts/
"austerlitz" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Austerlitz” is uncommon English (frequency #74,733 among 35,202 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,733
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Austerlitz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɔːstəlɪts/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Austerlitz” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Austerlitz is uncommon English at frequency #74,733 among 35,202 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɔːstəlɪts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Austerlitz, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Austerlitz, perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice. The correct English form is Austerlitz, spelled A-U-S-T-E-R-L-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Austerlitz, perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.
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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- The one correct English spelling is A-U-S-T-E-R-L-I-T-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.