Austerlitz
/ˈɔːstəlɪts/
"austerlitz" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Austerlitz” is uncommon English (frequency #74,733 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,733
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.
Corpus desk
Index EN-austerlitz · Austerlitz · English
Austerlitz · rank #74,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,733
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aver
Nearest frequency peer: aver (+3 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 “Austerlitz”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- apportion
apportion
25,275 corpus weight
- arad
arad
25,273 corpus weight
- Austerlitz
Austerlitz
25,268 corpus weight
- aver
aver
25,265 corpus weight
- avoidant
avoidant
25,263 corpus weight
- AWG
AWG
25,262 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Austerlitz” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Austerlitz” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Austerlitz is uncommon English at frequency #74,733 among 3,931 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Austerlitz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That dinner at the King’s Arms with his friends had been Henchard’s Austerlitz: he had had his successes since, but his course had not been upward.
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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